Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles

2009-06-21 Thread Chris Despopoulos
You could always look at TemplateMapper, but I think it's not geared entirely to your problem. Still, if you come up with a normalized template, then you *could* make a map that incorporates everything your legacy has accumulated and then map it to your template. And it handles all those

Merge Multiple Doc Styles

2009-06-21 Thread Chris Despopoulos
You could always look at TemplateMapper, but I think it's not geared entirely to your problem. Still, if you come up with a normalized template, then you *could* make a map that incorporates everything your legacy has accumulated and then map it to your template. And it handles all those

Merge Multiple Doc Styles

2009-06-20 Thread Karen Robbins
to struggle quite so much with the HTML mapping table! ;-) Also working on ways to get co-users to use character styles (more) correctly. Jim, Thanks for pointer to reference materials. Thanks to all! Karen >Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:47:11 -0500 >From: "Jeff Schweiner" >Subject:

Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-19 Thread Karen Robbins
Hello Frame Gurus, I'm rather new to the list so please bear with me. I have a book containing 12 files. Over time (starting before I ever worked with these files), each file's paragraph style sheet has been modified so that now the book's styles are a sea of inconsistency. Using Paragraph

Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-19 Thread Art Campbell
I think any method you choose depends on having one known-good file that you can use as a template for the others. It may be a true template or one of the chapters, but it should exist so you can clone it to the others and enforce consistency. Depending on the version of FM that you're running

RE: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-19 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Karen, Here is how I would approach the problem. Find the component the book that is the most solid as far as styles. Make a copy of this and call it your template. Delete all of the paragraph format formats in this document that still need work, leaving only the solid formats. For each of

Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-19 Thread Karen Robbins
Rick and Art, Thanks for your insights. Both sensible approaches and at least somewhat less painful than rebuilding the entire thing from scratch :-). --Karen ==Rick's Reply== Hi Karen, Here is how I would approach the problem. Find the component the book that is the most solid as far as

RE: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-19 Thread Pinkham, Jim
its structured emphasis. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 12:20 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles? Rick and Art

Merge Multiple Doc Styles

2009-06-19 Thread Jeff Schweiner
Karen, Rick makes a good point that a complete template should include more than just paragraph tags and mentioned Character and Table formats. I went thru this about 1.5 years ago and found inconsistencies in the following areas: - Conditional Text tags - Variable and Running Header/Footer

Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-19 Thread Karen Robbins
Rick and Art, Thanks for your insights. Both sensible approaches and at least somewhat less painful than rebuilding the entire thing from scratch :-). --Karen >==Rick's Reply== > >Hi Karen, > >Here is how I would approach the problem. Find the component the book that >is the most solid as far

Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-19 Thread Pinkham, Jim
its structured emphasis. Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 12:20 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles? Rick

Merge Multiple Doc Styles?

2009-06-18 Thread Karen Robbins
Hello Frame Gurus, I'm rather new to the list so please bear with me. I have a book containing 12 files. Over time (starting before I ever worked with these files), each file's paragraph style sheet has been modified so that now the book's styles are a sea of inconsistency. Using Paragraph