Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles
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 catalogs of things, as well as master and ref pages. Shameless plug? Yes. Absolutely appropriate for your problem? Questionable... But looking in my plugins zone for the demo couldn't hurt... cud http://www.cudspan.net ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Merge Multiple Doc Styles
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 catalogs of things, as well as master and ref pages. Shameless plug? Yes. Absolutely appropriate for your problem? Questionable... But looking in my plugins zone for the demo couldn't hurt... cud http://www.cudspan.net
Merge Multiple Doc Styles
Jeff, Good point--trouble finds many opportunities. I see inconsistencies in master pages, get color def errors (which luckily have little ramification in this particular project), and have recently discovered that if those before me had only used C-head level properly I wouldn't have 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: re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles >To: >Message-ID: > <925346A443D4E340BEB20248BAFCDBDF0B717F57 at > CFEVS1-IP.americas.cray.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >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 definitions >- Master Page layouts >- Reference page contents >- Color definitions >- Cross Ref formats >- Text Options >- Footnotes >- HTML setup (only if saving as HTML) > >As a rough rule of thumb, your template should include everything that >is selectable from the Import Formats pop-up menu. > >-- >Jeff Schweiner >Hardware Engineering Writer >Cray Inc. >(715) 726-4801 = = = = At 3:19 PM -0500 6/19/09, Pinkham, Jim wrote: >Some very good advice, too, in the Adobe FrameMaker Template Series >Primer, >http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/pdfs/primer.pdf, and >FrameMaker Template Design and Enforcement, >http://www.microtype.com/resources/articles/TMPDESIN_DE.PDF, which is >broadly applicable notwithstanding its structured emphasis. > >Jim
Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what remains more consistently. To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create all the formats in one document first (even though they already exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all files in the book? Is there another (more effective/efficient/reliable) way? Anticipating your wisdom Karen ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
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 (you should provide that information, and your OS, when you post). There are a couple of methods you can use to reconcile the tags and other styles -- tables, colors and so on. I'd recommend the Clean Import plugin because it removes all existing styles from all catalogs and then pulls in the set from your template file. Simply importing formats will add the good tags to the existing ones but not remove what's there. At that point you need to apply your good tags to the content in the files if there's a difference in tag names and remove any manual over-rides. There are several other tools that can help with that, although you can often just work with the Global commands in the paragraph and character designer tools. Art 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 On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Karen Robbinskarendes...@gmail.com wrote: 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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what remains more consistently. To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create all the formats in one document first (even though they already exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all files in the book? Is there another (more effective/efficient/reliable) way? Anticipating your wisdom Karen ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@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 fram...@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.
RE: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
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 your other components, identify a one or more styles that you know that are in good shape. Think in terms of categories; for example, maybe you spent a lot of time getting your list styles in place in a particular document. Make a temporary copy of this document and delete all paragraph formats except the list styles. Now import these paragraph formats into your template and discard the temporary document. You do not necessarily have to do this in one sitting; you can do it over time as you work on your book. What you are doing is building up your template by adding solid formats to it. Since the paragraph catalog only contains your good formats, you can at any time import the paragraph formats from this document into all of the other components in the book. Once your template's paragraph catalog has the same number of formats as the book's components, then it should be pretty complete. You can do this process with your template's other categories of styles, like character and table formats. To round out the template, you could make this into a style guide for your book. When you want to modify or add formats in your book, do it in the style guide (template) first, and then import the formats into your book's components. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-659-8267 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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what remains more consistently. To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create all the formats in one document first (even though they already exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all files in the book? Is there another (more effective/efficient/reliable) way? Anticipating your wisdom Karen ___ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
Re: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
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 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 your other components, identify a one or more styles that you know that are in good shape. Think in terms of categories; for example, maybe you spent a lot of time getting your list styles in place in a particular document. Make a temporary copy of this document and delete all paragraph formats except the list styles. Now import these paragraph formats into your template and discard the temporary document. You do not necessarily have to do this in one sitting; you can do it over time as you work on your book. What you are doing is building up your template by adding solid formats to it. Since the paragraph catalog only contains your good formats, you can at any time import the paragraph formats from this document into all of the other components in the book. Once your template's paragraph catalog has the same number of formats as the book's components, then it should be pretty complete. You can do this process with your template's other categories of styles, like character and table formats. To round out the template, you could make this into a style guide for your book. When you want to modify or add formats in your book, do it in the style guide (template) first, and then import the formats into your book's components. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. rick at frameexpert.com 585-659-8267 ==Art's Reply== 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 (you should provide that information, and your OS, when you post). There are a couple of methods you can use to reconcile the tags and other styles -- tables, colors and so on. I'd recommend the Clean Import plugin because it removes all existing styles from all catalogs and then pulls in the set from your template file. Simply importing formats will add the good tags to the existing ones but not remove what's there. At that point you need to apply your good tags to the content in the files if there's a difference in tag names and remove any manual over-rides. There are several other tools that can help with that, although you can often just work with the Global commands in the paragraph and character designer tools. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Karen Robbinskarendesign at gmail.com wrote: 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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what remains more consistently. To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create all the formats in one document first (even though they already exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all files in the book? Is there another (more effective/efficient/reliable) way? Anticipating your wisdom Karen ___ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@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.
RE: Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
Some very good advice, too, in the Adobe FrameMaker Template Series Primer, http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/pdfs/primer.pdf, and FrameMaker Template Design and Enforcement, http://www.microtype.com/resources/articles/TMPDESIN_DE.PDF, which is broadly applicable notwithstanding 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, 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 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 your other components, identify a one or more styles that you know that are in good shape. Think in terms of categories; for example, maybe you spent a lot of time getting your list styles in place in a particular document. Make a temporary copy of this document and delete all paragraph formats except the list styles. Now import these paragraph formats into your template and discard the temporary document. You do not necessarily have to do this in one sitting; you can do it over time as you work on your book. What you are doing is building up your template by adding solid formats to it. Since the paragraph catalog only contains your good formats, you can at any time import the paragraph formats from this document into all of the other components in the book. Once your template's paragraph catalog has the same number of formats as the book's components, then it should be pretty complete. You can do this process with your template's other categories of styles, like character and table formats. To round out the template, you could make this into a style guide for your book. When you want to modify or add formats in your book, do it in the style guide (template) first, and then import the formats into your book's components. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. rick at frameexpert.com 585-659-8267 ==Art's Reply== 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 (you should provide that information, and your OS, when you post). There are a couple of methods you can use to reconcile the tags and other styles -- tables, colors and so on. I'd recommend the Clean Import plugin because it removes all existing styles from all catalogs and then pulls in the set from your template file. Simply importing formats will add the good tags to the existing ones but not remove what's there. At that point you need to apply your good tags to the content in the files if there's a difference in tag names and remove any manual over-rides. There are several other tools that can help with that, although you can often just work with the Global commands in the paragraph and character designer tools. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Karen Robbinskarendesign at gmail.com wrote: 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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what remains more consistently. To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create all the formats in one document first (even though they already exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all files in the book? Is there another (more effective/efficient/reliable) way? Anticipating your wisdom Karen ___ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jim.pink...@voith.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jim.pinkham%40voith. com Send administrative questions to listad
Merge Multiple Doc Styles
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 definitions - Master Page layouts - Reference page contents - Color definitions - Cross Ref formats - Text Options - Footnotes - HTML setup (only if saving as HTML) As a rough rule of thumb, your template should include everything that is selectable from the Import Formats pop-up menu. -- Jeff Schweiner Hardware Engineering Writer Cray Inc. (715) 726-4801 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 your other components, identify a one or more styles that you know that are in good shape. Think in terms of categories; for example, maybe you spent a lot of time getting your list styles in place in a particular document. Make a temporary copy of this document and delete all paragraph formats except the list styles. Now import these paragraph formats into your template and discard the temporary document. You do not necessarily have to do this in one sitting; you can do it over time as you work on your book. What you are doing is building up your template by adding solid formats to it. Since the paragraph catalog only contains your good formats, you can at any time import the paragraph formats from this document into all of the other components in the book. Once your template's paragraph catalog has the same number of formats as the book's components, then it should be pretty complete. You can do this process with your template's other categories of styles, like character and table formats. To round out the template, you could make this into a style guide for your book. When you want to modify or add formats in your book, do it in the style guide (template) first, and then import the formats into your book's components. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. rick at frameexpert.com 585-659-8267 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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what remains more consistently. To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create all the formats in one document first (even though they already exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all files in the book? Is there another (more effective/efficient/reliable) way? Anticipating your wisdom Karen
Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
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 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 your other components, identify a one or more styles that you >know that are in good shape. Think in terms of categories; for example, >maybe you spent a lot of time getting your list styles in place in a >particular document. Make a temporary copy of this document and delete all >paragraph formats except the list styles. Now import these paragraph formats >into your template and discard the temporary document. > >You do not necessarily have to do this in one sitting; you can do it over >time as you work on your book. What you are doing is building up your >template by adding solid formats to it. Since the paragraph catalog only >contains your good formats, you can at any time import the paragraph formats >from this document into all of the other components in the book. Once your >template's paragraph catalog has the same number of formats as the book's >components, then it should be pretty complete. > >You can do this process with your template's other categories of styles, >like character and table formats. To round out the template, you could make >this into a style guide for your book. When you want to modify or add >formats in your book, do it in the style guide (template) first, and then >import the formats into your book's components. > >Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very >much. > >Rick Quatro >Carmen Publishing Inc. >rick at frameexpert.com >585-659-8267 > >==Art's Reply== > >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 (you should provide that information, and your >OS, when you post). > >There are a couple of methods you can use to reconcile the tags and >other styles -- tables, colors and so on. I'd recommend the Clean >Import plugin because it removes all existing styles from all catalogs >and then pulls in the set from your template file. Simply importing >formats will add the "good" tags to the existing ones but not remove >what's there. > >At that point you need to apply your good tags to the content in the >files if there's a difference in tag names and remove any manual >over-rides. There are several other tools that can help with that, >although you can often just work with the Global commands in the >paragraph and character designer tools. > >Art > >Art Campbell >art.campbell at gmail.com > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > 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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use > and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what > remains more consistently. > > To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import > paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create > all the formats in one document first (even though they already > exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same > result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all > files in the book? Is there another (more > effective/efficient/reliable) way? > > Anticipating your wisdom > > Karen > ___
Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
Some very good advice, too, in the Adobe FrameMaker Template Series Primer, http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/tempseries/pdfs/primer.pdf, and FrameMaker Template Design and Enforcement, http://www.microtype.com/resources/articles/TMPDESIN_DE.PDF, which is broadly applicable notwithstanding 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 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 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 your other components, identify a one or more styles that >you know that are in good shape. Think in terms of categories; for >example, maybe you spent a lot of time getting your list styles in >place in a particular document. Make a temporary copy of this document >and delete all paragraph formats except the list styles. Now import >these paragraph formats into your template and discard the temporary document. > >You do not necessarily have to do this in one sitting; you can do it >over time as you work on your book. What you are doing is building up >your template by adding solid formats to it. Since the paragraph >catalog only contains your good formats, you can at any time import the >paragraph formats from this document into all of the other components >in the book. Once your template's paragraph catalog has the same number >of formats as the book's components, then it should be pretty complete. > >You can do this process with your template's other categories of >styles, like character and table formats. To round out the template, >you could make this into a style guide for your book. When you want to >modify or add formats in your book, do it in the style guide (template) >first, and then import the formats into your book's components. > >Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you >very much. > >Rick Quatro >Carmen Publishing Inc. >rick at frameexpert.com >585-659-8267 > >==Art's Reply== > >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 (you should provide that information, and your >OS, when you post). > >There are a couple of methods you can use to reconcile the tags and >other styles -- tables, colors and so on. I'd recommend the Clean >Import plugin because it removes all existing styles from all catalogs >and then pulls in the set from your template file. Simply importing >formats will add the "good" tags to the existing ones but not remove >what's there. > >At that point you need to apply your good tags to the content in the >files if there's a difference in tag names and remove any manual >over-rides. There are several other tools that can help with that, >although you can often just work with the Global commands in the >paragraph and character designer tools. > >Art > >Art Campbell >art.campbell at gmail.com > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > 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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use > and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what > remains more consistently. > > To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import > paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create > all the formats in one document first (even though they already > exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same > result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all > files in the book? Is there another (more > effective/efficient/reliable) way? > > Anticipating your wisdom > > Karen > ___ _
Merge Multiple Doc Styles?
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 Tools I can reduce the mess to what's actually in use and eliminate what I don't need. I still need to re-name/spec what remains more consistently. To get one file's formats into another, I know I could import paragraph formats to individual files. But I would have to re-create all the formats in one document first (even though they already exist, spread throughout several documents). Will this give the same result as if a single merged style sheet had been applied to all files in the book? Is there another (more effective/efficient/reliable) way? Anticipating your wisdom Karen
