Paragraph Tools is good value for money. You should also use Character
Tools for those pesky unused character styles and formats.
Alan
Although I am happy to recommend other tools, I should point out that my
script ($80 and requires FrameScript) handles a lot of format types at once.
Here are
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:39 AM
To: 'Alan T Litchfield'; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Need to get my FM11 styles under control
Alan T Litchfield wrote:
Paragraph Tools is good value for money. You should also use Character
Tools for those pesky unused character styles and formats.
Alan
On 20/03/13 3:00 PM, Rick Quatro wrote:
Hi John,
My FindChangeFormats plugin does one format at a time. It doesn't
Hi Richard,
Thanks for the recommendation. FWIW, duplicating this script in ExtendScript
would be a large undertaking. The FrameScript version is over 1700 lines and
has gone through quite a few iterations over the years. Just think about
what it takes to find/change a character format. You not
Standing back from this discussion (I'm excluded from a lot of plugins due to
still being on Mac), I'd just point out the fact that I keep forgetting myself:
that Steve Kubis' (SiliconPrairie) char and para tools work at the book level
too.
Construct a temporary book containing all the files
You need CleanImport: http://www.electropubs.com/ez_cleanimport3.html
An excellent tool
john
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:54 AM, john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com wrote:
Hi, guys...As I created my template from scratch, I have a number of P
styles that I've used, then stopped using. I therefore have a
You don't need to install anything to run ExtendScript scripts with
FM11, do you?
http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/10/extendscript-of-the-week-deleting-unused-formats-in-a-book.html
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Hi John
If your system's too pinned down to install a plug-in, AND you know the names of all those styles you want rid of, AND you've got a decent text editor, then you can do this on bulk MIF files.
It'd pay to search the FM files first to make sure no text is using any of the old
John Posada wrote:
Hi, guys...As I created my template from scratch, I have a number of P styles
that
I've used, then stopped using. I therefore have a bunch of styles that I need
to clean
out...from about 500 files. I maintain a control document with only the valid
styles
and when I
Here's the ExtendScript I linked to earlier. The DeleteUnused...Fmt
functions would seem to make it pretty simple. You could maybe create
a giant scratch book containing all your .fm files and run the script
once.
;
> Rick
>
> *From:*framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *John Posada
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:44 PM
> *To:* FrameUsers List
> *Subject:* Re: Need to get my FM11 styles under control
>
> Rick..i
>Paragraph Tools is good value for money. You should also use Character
Tools for those pesky unused character styles and formats.
>
>Alan
Although I am happy to recommend other tools, I should point out that my
script ($80 and requires FrameScript) handles a lot of format types at once.
Here are
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:39 AM
To: 'Alan T Litchfield'; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Need to get my FM11 styles under control
Alan T Litchfield wrote:
> Paragraph Tools is good value for money. You should also use Character
> Tools for those pesky unused character styles and formats.
>
> Alan
>
> On 20/03/13 3:00 PM, Rick Quatro wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > My FindChangeFormats plugin does one format at a time. It
Hi Richard,
Thanks for the recommendation. FWIW, duplicating this script in ExtendScript
would be a large undertaking. The FrameScript version is over 1700 lines and
has gone through quite a few iterations over the years. Just think about
what it takes to find/change a character format. You not
Standing back from this discussion (I'm excluded from a lot of plugins due to
still being on Mac), I'd just point out the fact that I keep forgetting myself:
that Steve Kubis' (SiliconPrairie) char and para tools work at the book level
too.
Construct a temporary book containing all the files
Hi John
If your system's too pinned down to install a plug-in, AND you know the names
of all those styles you want rid of, AND you've got a decent text editor, then
you can do this on bulk MIF files.
It'd pay to search the FM files first to make sure no text is using any of the
old styles.
John Posada wrote:
>
> Hi, guys...As I created my template from scratch, I have a number of P styles
> that
> I've used, then stopped using. I therefore have a bunch of styles that I need
> to clean
> out...from about 500 files. I maintain a control document with only the valid
> styles
> and
Here's the ExtendScript I linked to earlier. The DeleteUnused...Fmt
functions would seem to make it pretty simple. You could maybe create
a giant scratch book containing all your .fm files and run the script
once.
Hi, guys...As I created my template from scratch, I have a number of P
styles that I've used, then stopped using. I therefore have a bunch of
styles that I need to clean out...from about 500 files. I maintain a
control document with only the valid styles and when I need to change or
modify a
Rick..im interested. Here's the kicker...im in a super-locked down
environment and to install anything takes an act of god. Does your plugin
require the installation of anything above and beyond FM11. Feel free to
carry this conversation off-list.
On Mar 19, 2013 7:13 PM, Matt Sullivan
John Posada wrote:
Rick..im interested. Here's the kicker...im in a super-locked down
environment and to install anything takes an act of god. Does your
plugin require the installation of anything above and beyond FM11. Feel
free to carry this conversation off-list.
On Mar 19, 2013 7:13 PM,
Hi, guys...As I created my template from scratch, I have a number of P
styles that I've used, then stopped using. I therefore have a bunch of
styles that I need to clean out...from about 500 files. I maintain a
control document with only the valid styles and when I need to change or
modify a
I've used Rick Quatro's excellent affordable plug-ins in producing my FM11
book, and for other clients.
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
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Rick..im interested. Here's the kicker...im in a super-locked down
environment and to install anything takes an act of god. Does your plugin
require the installation of anything above and beyond FM11. Feel free to
carry this conversation off-list.
On Mar 19, 2013 7:13 PM, "Matt Sullivan" wrote:
John Posada wrote:
> Rick..im interested. Here's the kicker...im in a super-locked down
> environment and to install anything takes an act of god. Does your
> plugin require the installation of anything above and beyond FM11. Feel
> free to carry this conversation off-list.
>
> On Mar 19, 2013
used this one in
particular, but their plugins are usually well done (and cheap).
Rick
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Posada
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:44 PM
To: FrameUsers List
Subject: Re: Need to get my FM11
You need CleanImport: http://www.electropubs.com/ez_cleanimport3.html
An excellent tool
john
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:54 AM, wrote:
> Hi, guys...As I created my template from scratch, I have a number of P
> styles that I've used, then stopped using. I therefore have a bunch of
> styles that I
You don't need to install anything to run ExtendScript scripts with
FM11, do you?
http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/10/extendscript-of-the-week-deleting-unused-formats-in-a-book.html
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