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Subject: Re: Text Inset vs. Variable Question (UNCLASSIFIED)
It sounds like you are on the right track, using a single file to create
variables and then importing them. Too bad you can't install third party
software, because I think the only way to make this easier would be to us
Hi Maeli,
I understand your situation. Many others are in similar circumstances where
higher echelons have the power and lack the insight to really save expenses in
the mid- to longer term. The larger the organization, the more penny-wise and
pound-foolish they become.
As for the move to struc
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(Three replies in one, thank you all for your responses!)
Mike,
Even with a quick read-through, the BookVars plugin looks wonderful. It
certainly couldn't hurt to send it to the IT department (since it has the 'try
before you buy' option) for them to r
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Hello Maeli,
The move from MS Word to FrameMaker is good news, but why the choice for
unstructured FM ? The type of document you are hoping to create would be
ideally created in structured FrameMaker. Using huge numbers of variables in FM
is going to make the author's life hell and is not going
At 08:58 a.m. 11/12/2014, Zacchetti, Maeli E CIV USARMY ECBC (US) wrote:
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>Im getting back to unstruct
Maeli Zacchetti wrote:
On previous projects I’ve used ~20 part name variables (created in a master
file, then applied to each *.fm file through a book update) and then inserted
that part’s variable any time I need to use the part name. For this project
with
100+ parts it seems like that cou
It sounds like you are on the right track, using a single file to create
variables and then importing them. Too bad you can't install third party
software, because I think the only way to make this easier would be to
use the inexpensive BookVars plugin:
http://leximation.com/tools/info/bookvar
