Others have solved this problem with a combination of tools -- I'd look at the Clean Import Plug-in to import the new template info, and any of several paragraph-mapping tools/plug-ins that are on the market. Because there are several, you can probably try them out to ask for feedback.
Also, I know Rick Quatro has done some scripts for remapping tags, but I'm not sure how extensive the capabilities are -- Rick is at "Rick Quatro" <frameexp...@truevine.net>. 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 No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:30 AM, edwardsdo <edward...@neb.rr.com> wrote: > My employer has implemented a new corporate-level style guide that impacts > the look and feel of our customer-facing documentation. Source files for > these documents are created/maintained using unstructured FrameMaker 8 > running on Windows XP sp 3. 13 writers are updating the majority of our > current documents (group A) by applying templates that use the existing > paragraph/character/table format naming conventions and reflect the new > style requirements. A small group of the documents to be updated (group B) > uses the A4 page size and a set of paragraph/character/table formats that > have completely different naming conventions than those used group A. Group > B includes 50+ documents with a total of 650 source files and just over > 10,000 pages. We're considering the options we have for converting the group > B documents to the new style guide requirements. > > One option is to convert the group B documents to the templates used for the > group A documents, including paragraph/character/table naming conventions > and the letter page size, so that we can move forward with a single, > consistent set of templates for all FM documents. However, this option means > that we must identify all paragraph/character/table names in the group > B documents, rename them with corresponding names from the group A > templates, and then apply the group A templates to each FM file. Definitely > a labor-intensive process unless it can be automated significantly, possibly > with FrameScript. > > The other option is to modify the templates currently used for the group > B documents to obtain the needed look and feel, and then reapply those > templates to the group B documents. The conversion effort would be reduced > significantly, but we would still have two sets of FM templates to maintain. > > Is there a more efficient way to implement either of the options I have > described? Are there other options for reformatting the group B documents? > > Thanks. > > Doug Edwards > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.