Re: Identifying overrides in FrameMaker

2008-12-23 Thread Joseph
Hi Nancy, If you want to replace one paragraph tag with another, do the following: 1. Use the Copy Special Paragraph Format to copy the new paragraph to your clipboard. 2. Open the find and replace dialog box. 3. In the Find drop-down menu, select Paragraph tag. 4. In the Find

Identifying overrides in FrameMaker

2008-12-19 Thread Joseph
Hi Nancy, If you want to replace one paragraph tag with another, do the following: 1. Use the Copy Special > Paragraph Format to copy the new paragraph to your clipboard. 2. Open the find and replace dialog box. 3. In the Find drop-down menu, select Paragraph tag. 4. In the Find

RE: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Nancy If you get a message about overrides when switching from Master Pages to Body Pages, these overrides are on the text frame(s), not in the paratags. For example, you may have changed the size of the body page text frames a bit, or changed the column width, so the body pages no longer

RE: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
Sadly, this does not work. If I flip back and forth between Master and Body pages, and select Remove Overrides each time, and change nothing on the body pages, I get the Remove Overrides prompt each time. Also if I save after removing the overrides, and also if I reapply the master pages to

Re: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Art Campbell
Have you cleaned up the file by saving as MIF and reopening that version? Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson

RE: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Eli Har-Even
-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:34 PM To: Yves Barbion Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Identifying overrides Sadly, this does not work. If I flip back and forth between Master and Body pages, and select Remove Overrides each

Re: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Nancy, Follow these steps on a copy of your document. 1) Click somewhere in the main text flow. 2) Choose Edit Select All In Flow (Control+A). 3) Cut the selection to the clipboard using Edit Cut (Control+X). 4) Choose Special Delete Pages. Delete all of the pages in the document. You

RE: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
Hello, all. Have gotten caught up in minutiae but didn't want to leave this discussion hanging, since you have all been so helpful. I have given up temporarily on the overrides stuff, since there are more basic things I must fix. Anybody know how to replace tags at the book level? I've

Re: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Art Campbell
Use either Import Formats at the book level (In the Book file, File Import Formats), or the CleanImport plug-in (better for most applications, because it isn't additive). Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats

Re: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
No, darlin, I've already used the CleanImports plug-in. It deleted all the old tags and imported my nice, clean, understandably-named tags. *However,* the text in the files remains tagged with the old tags. They're just not in the catalog any more. I still have to replace them with my

Re: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Art Campbell
OK... Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format. Then: Copy Special Para Format. SR for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting. Make sure the Book option is checked in the SR dialog to define your range. Art Art Campbell

Re: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Lin Sims
And don't forget Rick Quattro's Find/Change Special plugin, well worth the $30 I paid for it. [http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm] [Standard disclaimer: No association other than a happy customer of several of Mr. Quattro's plugins. They rock.] On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at

Re: Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
Oh, you clever fellow! It WORKS! Thankee! On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Art Campbell wrote: OK... Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format. Then: Copy Special Para Format. SR for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting. Make sure the Book option is

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
Still working on my template. I've whittled down the tags for my Index file to only those that are used in the file. When I switch from the Master page to the Body page of my Index file, I get a message that there are overrides on every page. I always say "Remove overrides," but the next time

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Nancy If you get a message about overrides when switching from Master Pages to Body Pages, these overrides are on the text frame(s), not in the paratags. For example, you may have changed the size of the body page text frames a bit, or changed the column width, so the body pages no longer

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
Sadly, this does not work. If I flip back and forth between Master and Body pages, and select "Remove Overrides" each time, and change nothing on the body pages, I get the "Remove Overrides" prompt each time. Also if I save after removing the overrides, and also if I reapply the master pages

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Art Campbell
Have you cleaned up the file by saving as MIF and reopening that version? Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Eli Har-Even
rameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:34 PM To: Yves Barbion Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Identifying overrides Sadly, this does not work. If I flip back and forth between Master and Body pages, and s

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Nancy, Follow these steps on a copy of your document. 1) Click somewhere in the main text flow. 2) Choose Edit > Select All In Flow (Control+A). 3) Cut the selection to the clipboard using Edit > Cut (Control+X). 4) Choose Special > Delete Pages. Delete all of the pages in the document.

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
Hello, all. Have gotten caught up in minutiae but didn't want to leave this discussion hanging, since you have all been so helpful. I have given up temporarily on the overrides stuff, since there are more basic things I must fix. Anybody know how to replace tags at the book level? I've

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Art Campbell
Use either Import > Formats at the book level (In the Book file, File > Import > Formats), or the CleanImport plug-in (better for most applications, because it isn't additive). Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
No, darlin, I've already used the CleanImports plug-in. It deleted all the old tags and imported my nice, clean, understandably-named tags. *However,* the text in the files remains tagged with the old tags. They're just not in the catalog any more. I still have to replace them with my

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Art Campbell
OK... Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format. Then: Copy Special > Para Format. S for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting. Make sure the Book option is checked in the S dialog to define your range. Art Art Campbell art.campbell

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Lin Sims
And don't forget Rick Quattro's Find/Change Special plugin, well worth the $30 I paid for it. [http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/findchangespecial/index.htm] [Standard disclaimer: No association other than a happy customer of several of Mr. Quattro's plugins. They rock.] On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at

Identifying overrides

2008-12-18 Thread Nancy Allison
Oh, you clever fellow! It WORKS! Thankee! On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Art Campbell wrote: > OK... Set up one of the paragraphs with the correct para format. Then: Copy Special > Para Format. S for a para tag with the old tag name, and replace by Pasting. Make sure the Book option is