Another Stupid Framemaker Question

[Bill Swallow]

> Now I'm starting to see global formatting things I want to do, but I'm a
> bit confused.   For example, I'd ideally like to have the exact same
> Paragraph Formats across every document in the book.   The only way I've
> figured out how to do this so far is to create the formats as I want
> them in one document, and then with the Book window selected, and all
> the chapter files highlighted, import those formats to all other
> documents.  Is there an easier way to do this?

That'd be the way to do it. Set up one file, import from it to all the others.

> Is there some way I could have one set of dynamic paragraph and
> character formats shared by the entire book?  That way, if on Chapter 23
> I decide I need a new character format I could go back into Chapter 2
> and use it without importing, etc.

Nope. FM is not Word. Once you get used to this import workflow,
you'll realize just how useful it actually is.

> Also, I'd like to change a Header format in one place and have it
> "update all" across the whole book, but that doesn't seem to work either :-(

What do yo umean by "header format" and how are you making the change?

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