best method to store template version

[Valerie Lipow]

Where is the template revision history maintained - in a reference page in
the template, or as a separate document that you post somewhere?

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:27 PM, William Abernathy <william at inch.com>
wrote:

> I use two conditional text tags in my templates. "TBD" is for stuff the
> writers
> want to discuss with engineers, and "Writers_Note" is for stuff the
> writers only
> want to share with each other. I keep the template version number as a
> variable
> under the Writers_Note condition on the cover master page. If they update
> an
> existing work to a newer template, they need to update this variable
> manually.
> If they start a book from scratch, they have it by default.
>
> The only other thing I would suggest is keeping a very detailed revision
> history
> for your templates: this has enabled me to narrow down legacy books to the
> proper template in short order, even when the template version variable
> was
> missing or wrong.
>
> --William
>
> Karene Millar wrote:
> > Hi I'm new to this group, but not to FrameMaker :)
> >
> > I am responsible for maintaining the templates at my current company
> > and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on the best place to
> > store the template version. Ideas are: in a variable or perhaps on a
> > reference page.
> >
> > To be clear - I have a version number and date associated with the
> > template so when you have a document you can look at it and identify
> > the template version/date to see if it is using the latest templates.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Karene
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Valerie Lipow
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