Under-documented features... What fun!

[Debbi Correia]

Just remember that the cross-reference method will create a hypertext
link in a PDF if you Generate Acrobat data...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 1:29 PM
> To: debbi.fortney at verizon.net
> Cc: John Milligan; framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
> Subject: Re: Under-documented features... What fun!
> 
> 
> And another, perhaps easier way to do it, is to type the 
> title on the cover page and embed a cross-reference to that 
> tag in each following header/footer....
> 
> Art
> 
> On 6/28/07, Debbi Correia <debbi.fortney at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > Once you change the variables in the Title file, you need to import 
> > the Variable Definitions into all files in the book (let me know if 
> > you need instructions on how to do that). That's it! You 
> can't use the 
> > building block <$paratext[Cover]> because that will only 
> pull from the 
> > current file.
> >
> > Deb Correia
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-framers at omsys.com [mailto:owner-framers at omsys.com] On 
> > > Behalf Of John Milligan
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:40 AM
> > > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
> > > Subject: Under-documented features... What fun!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello all:
> > >
> > > Need some help. Looked in UG, OLH and even queried Adobe's 
> > > support-site KB. No luck.  So, I appeal to my fellow users for 
> > > assistance.
> > >
> > >
> > > This is about displaying the book title (of a multi-file
> > > book) that should be captured from the front/title file, in every 
> > > pagetop header in the remaining chapter files.  Can't get it to 
> > > work, but I suspect it can.
> > >
> > > 1) the "Title" file utilizes two variables (Doc Title and Doc
> > > Type) that provide the product name and the book title. They are 
> > > uniquely para-formatted as "Cover" and "Cover2".
> > >
> > > 2) I swapped the "definition" text in each variable with 
> the actual 
> > > info.  So the variable definition [Document Title] is now 
> "Fabulous 
> > > User Guide"
> > >
> > > 3) Each succeeding chapter file has two header variables 
> (not based 
> > > on one of the "header/footer" variables) that contain the 
> variable 
> > > definitions from the "Title" file.  Moving from Master 
> Page view to 
> > > Body Page view, I see the "definition" placeholder text, but  no 
> > > pick-up from the actual "re-definition" I applied to the 
> variables 
> > > in the "Title" file.
> > >
> > > 4) When I update the book, the in-file Variable Definition 
> > > placeholder text reappears unaltered, and F-M doesn't swap in the 
> > > replacement from the "Title" file.
> > >
> > > 5) So, I replaced the chapter files' variable with 
> > > "<$paratext[Cover]>", thinking that maybe F-M will load all the 
> > > pagetop variables with the para-formatted text, the actual text.
> > >
> > > No good. So now I'm stuck.
> > >
> > > Help! Please...  Save me from Adobe's extortionate 
> support-package 
> > > pricing!
> > >
> > > -- John Milligan
> > >
> > >
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