Ken Poshedly wrote:
> Wow, this thread goes back TWO months.
>
> Well, first, thanks, Diane, for the tip. I'll try your suggestion to see
> what I can get done on the existing manual I described at the time so
> that I can simply use that book for a modified machine with a different
> name (hydr
Simply-put, yep.
-- Kenpo
From: David Spreadbury
To: Ken Poshedly ; Diane Gaskill
; "Combs, Richard" ;
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Sent: Fri, January 29, 2010 2:54:03 PM
Subject: RE: global header change?
Ken,
Updating the variables in one chapter
I can send you a template with that all set up so you can see how to
do it.
HTH
Diane
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From: Ken Poshedly [mailto:poshe...@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:48 AM
To: Diane Gaskill; Combs, Richard; FrameMaker Users List
Subject: Re: global hea
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 1:48 PM
To: Diane Gaskill; Combs, Richard; FrameMaker Users List
Subject: Re: global header change?
(FM 8.0 on a Windows Vista desktop)
Wow, this thread goes back TWO months.
Well, first, thanks, Diane, for the tip. I'l
, January 29, 2010 12:53:40 PM
Subject: RE: global header change?
Ken, you might want to educate your Marketing folks about what it takes to
change docs when they do something like that. Tell them you need at least
two weeks to make the changes and that the docs will not go out on schedule
if they wa
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Subject: RE: global header change?
Ken Poshedly wrote:
> Argg!
>
> They changed the product name! And AFTER the book was done, pdf'd and sent
> overseas for printing!
>
> I put a hold on it, but now have to go back and change the headers to
> indic
And don't forget to look for the product name in figures, too. Find/Change (and
EZVars, too, I assume) will only find the old name in text objects like
paragraphs.
-Fred Ridder
> Subject: RE: global header change?
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:23:51 -0700
> From: richard.co.
Ken Poshedly wrote:
> Argg!
>
> They changed the product name! And AFTER the book was done, pdf'd and sent
> overseas for printing!
>
> I put a hold on it, but now have to go back and change the headers to
> indicate the new model name.
>
> Other than opening each book file and changing th
Too late to help now, but it is for this *exact* reason that I use a variable
for the "product name" and other similar "likely-to-change' information inside
the document.
Then, using the BookVars tool from Leximation, life is greatly automated to
make these kinds of changes! :)
As a temporary
Thanks Art,
I'll give it a try (as you described).
-- Kenpo
From: Art Campbell
To: Ken Poshedly
Cc: FrameMaker Users List
Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 2:36:09 PM
Subject: Re: global header change?
First, as you discovered, product names (and company
First, as you discovered, product names (and company names, I think) should
always be variables.
Second, to update, just update one chapter of the book with the correct
information (you may as well set it up as a variable too) so that the header
is correct on the master page, save the file, then at
To: FrameMaker Users List ; Ken Poshedly
Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 2:17:06 PM
Subject: Re: global header change?
On the off chance that you used a variable for the product name, you could
create a template with the changed variable, and then apply it across the
chapters in the book (select
On the off chance that you used a variable for the product name, you could
create a template with the changed variable, and then apply it across the
chapters in the book (select only Variable in the what to import dialog box)..
Nadine
--- On Tue, 12/1/09, Ken Poshedly wrote:
> From: Ken Poshe
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