the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sure. You can import settings from any (open) file to all the other in the book. Select all the files in the book, then select File > Import > Formats. Only select the item that you want to import, in this case variable definitions. Otherwise you can really mess up the doc by importing things t

the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Avraham Makeler
Hi all, I am new to this group, and pretty new to FrameMaker (but I was a Word 2003 guru, so that helps a bit...). My question is ... I am taking over somebody else's document, who is no longer around. Amongst other things, I also have to update the document date and version number. I found the l

the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Foor book-level variables control, I *strongly* recommend the BookVars plugin by Leximation! I use this all the time for my documents - it is the best add-on I have for FrameMaker. Please see www.leximation.com for the details. Z -Original Message- Hi all, I am new to this group, and pr

RE: the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Syed.Hosain
Foor book-level variables control, I *strongly* recommend the BookVars plugin by Leximation! I use this all the time for my documents - it is the best add-on I have for FrameMaker. Please see www.leximation.com for the details. Z -Original Message- Hi all, I am new to this group, and pr

the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Fred Ridder
Avraham Makeler wrote (in part):> For sure, I can then do the same thing in each chapter, but > is not the variables scope supposed to be global, i.e., thoughout the book? No, the scope of user variables is deliberately file by file. But it is easy to import the values of all variables from one

RE: the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Fred Ridder
Avraham Makeler wrote (in part):> For sure, I can then do the same thing in each chapter, but > is not the variables scope supposed to be global, i.e., thoughout the book? No, the scope of user variables is deliberately file by file. But it is easy to import the values of all variables from on

Re: the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Sure. You can import settings from any (open) file to all the other in the book. Select all the files in the book, then select File > Import > Formats. Only select the item that you want to import, in this case variable definitions. Otherwise you can really mess up the doc by importing things t

the values of Variables: only per document and not per book?

2008-12-25 Thread Avraham Makeler
Hi all, I am new to this group, and pretty new to FrameMaker (but I was a Word 2003 guru, so that helps a bit...). My question is ... I am taking over somebody else's document, who is no longer around. Amongst other things, I also have to update the document date and version number. I found the l