deleting tags before updating template - consequences?

[Karen Mardahl]

Hi Rick

Of course! Thanks for the explanation, Rick. I forgot all about the
asterisked tags when I read the tip about deleting tags in
http://www.hikaripub.com/MaryAnnsFavFMShortCuts.pdf.

I don't worry about variable and cross-reference formatting at all -
not since I bought Leximation's BookVars and BookXref tools
(http://www.leximation.com/tools/), which is another recommendation
from this list that proved to be very useful..

regards, Karen Mardahl

On 1/20/07, Rick Quatro <frameexpert at truevine.net> wrote:
> Every paragraph in FrameMaker is "tagged" with a paragraph format name, even
> it that paragraph format does not exist in the document. So when you delete
> the paragraph formats, each paragraph is still tagged as it was before. When
> you click in a paragraph, you will see an asterisk next to its name. An
> asterisk can indicate an override, but it can also mean that the paragraph
> is tagged with a format that does not exist in the paragraph catalog. The
> same is true for characters and tables; they can be tagged with formats that
> don't exist in the document.
>
> The logic behind deleting all tags is to make sure that, after you import
> formats from the template, only formats from the template are present in
> your document. In other words, it ensures that there are no obsolete formats
> in your document.
>
> Note that you can't do this with some FrameMaker formats. For example, you
> cannot delete a cross-reference format if that format is in use in the
> document. If you do, the cross-references using that format will be
> converted to text. The same applies to variables.
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com