Thanks to you all for your help. I think I've got it now. p.s. Really love FAR.
Jack DeLand :: information design & implementation On 7/27/2010 5:33 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:34:14 +0000 (UTC), jdeland1 at comcast.net > wrote: > > >> I was wondering if there is an easy way to change the line >> that you get with the standard "Single Line" on reference >> pages. I want to update about 300 files with a new line >> thickness for my Frame Above paragraph tag. I am not able >> to just import reference pages, otherwise I would do just >> that. I looked in a mif file, but couldn't find a setting. >> Any ideas? >> > In the reference page MIF you'll see something like this: > > <Tag `Single Line> > <PolyLine > <Unique 1119222> > <Pen 0> > <PenWidth 0.5 pt> > <Separation 5> > <ObColor `company color 1'> > <HeadCap Square> > <TailCap Square> > <NumPoints 2> > <Point 40.1003 mm 2.14791 mm> > <Point 165.10028 mm 2.14791 mm> > > # end of PolyLine > > Look for yours in a file that is as you want it, and also > in one that is not. Compare and see what is different; > that's what you need to replace. The length, for example, > is determined by the last two Point settings, each the > x,y co-ords of the line endpoints. Thickness is PenWidth. > > You can do the mass replace in the MIF with many tools; > we'd use FAR<http://helpware.net/FAR/>. You can save all > files in books as MIF with one command using the free demo > version of Mif2Go. If you name the MIF files with an .fm > extension, you don't have to bother saving them back; Frame > will do that automatically whenever you use one. > > HTH! > > -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. > <jeremy at omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/ > >
