Single sourcing 2 manuals and one help

2008-11-19 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hi I am single-sourcing 2 paper manuals and one online help in one. The online help is implemented in Webworks Publisher where you globally can define what conditions to hide and what to show. What do you suggest for the manual order number: Variables or conditional text? How do you handle

Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Nancy Allison
Hello. I'm about to break a 70-page chapter into three chapters. Having split chapters before, I know what's going to happen: All of the x-refs to targets in the newly-created chapter will break. In other words: Chapter 4 becomes Chapter 4, 5, and 6. Now, all x-refs to the text that is now

Re: Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Nancy, After you split the files, open each one and choose Edit Update References. Check the All Cross-References check box and click Update. In the resulting dialog box, you have an oportunity to point to the other documents. All of the unresolved cross-references will be to the current

Re: Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Nancy Allison
Thanks, guys! On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Art Campbell wrote: What you can try (works for me, but because you didn't post your version / OS info, there may be some gotchas involved). ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL

Re: Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Art Campbell
What you can try (works for me, but because you didn't post your version / OS info, there may be some gotchas involved). ON DISK, copy your source chapter file (S-0) to create the two additional chapter files (S-1 and S-2). IN THE BOOK FILE: * Add the two new files in the appropriate place. You

RE: Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Lester C. Smalley
This works for XRefs that were within the original chapter. But XRefs in other chapters pointing to targets in the file being split may still end up breaking because the target filename changes. FrameMaker's fix unresolved cross-references dialog will allow you to point to a new target file for

Footnote placement

2008-11-19 Thread Christopher Seal
FrameMaker 7.2 on WinXP A document I am working on has many footnotes. Sometimes a footnote reference in text is on one page but the footnote is on the following page. From an editorial viewpoint is it OK to have a footnote on the page following the in-text reference? If not OK, how do I get

Single sourcing 2 manuals and one help

2008-11-19 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hi I am single-sourcing 2 paper manuals and one online help in one. The online help is implemented in Webworks Publisher where you globally can define what conditions to hide and what to show. What do you suggest for the manual order number: Variables or conditional text? How do you handle

Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Nancy Allison
Hello. I'm about to break a 70-page chapter into three chapters. Having split chapters before, I know what's going to happen: All of the x-refs to targets in the newly-created chapter will break. In other words: Chapter 4 becomes Chapter 4, 5, and 6. Now, all x-refs to the text that is now

Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Nancy, After you split the files, open each one and choose Edit > Update References. Check the All Cross-References check box and click Update. In the resulting dialog box, you have an oportunity to point to the other documents. All of the unresolved cross-references will be to the current

Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Nancy Allison
Thanks, guys! On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Art Campbell wrote: > What you can try (works for me, but because you didn't post your version / OS info, there may be some gotchas involved).

Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Art Campbell
What you can try (works for me, but because you didn't post your version / OS info, there may be some gotchas involved). ON DISK, copy your source chapter file (S-0) to create the two additional chapter files (S-1 and S-2). IN THE BOOK FILE: * Add the two new files in the appropriate place. You

Globally updating x-refs

2008-11-19 Thread Lester C. Smalley
This works for XRefs that were within the original chapter. But XRefs in other chapters pointing to targets in the file being split may still end up breaking because the target filename changes. FrameMaker's fix unresolved cross-references dialog will allow you to point to a new target file for

Footnote placement

2008-11-19 Thread Christopher Seal
FrameMaker 7.2 on WinXP A document I am working on has many footnotes. Sometimes a footnote reference in text is on one page but the footnote is on the following page. >From an editorial viewpoint is it OK to have a footnote on the page following the in-text reference? If not OK, how do I get

Import picture problem

2008-11-19 Thread Smriga, James Andrew (Jim)
Hi, When I try to import object into a ancored fram, I get two dots and not the picture. Any ideas to why this is happening. Thanks, Jim