Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Beware When Pasting Cross-References It’s often easier to paste content than to retype it. If you are pasting content that includes cross-references, the cross-references will connect to the original file unless you update them. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: Most Manuals Cross-References When you create a cross-reference, you are embedding the path to the […]
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Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Managing Format Overrides When copying content from one manual into another manual, it’s easy to create a format override. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: All Manuals Overrides can cause problems. Text with an override won’t be updated when the document is updated. For example, if a date tag in the footer of a document […]
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Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Book Files, Part 3 – The Book Error Log If something goes wrong when you update a book file, FrameMaker will create a Book Error Log. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: All Manuals Interpreting Book Error Log error messages The Book Error Log reports all errors that occur when you apply a command to […]
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Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Book Files, Part 2 – Numbering Part 2 of a series looking at the book file and how you can use it to make your work life easier. This issue takes a look at the relationship between the book file and numbering properties. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: All Manuals Numbering Each file in […]
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Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / John Andrade
FrameMaker Tips Book Files, Part 1 AEC uses book files for nearly every manual we produce. Here are some helpful tips in a 3 part series. Category: Using FrameMaker Relevance: Most Manuals A book file is a special FrameMaker file that ties several files together so you can work with them as a unit. A […]
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