master pages and multiple revisions

[Owen, Clint]

Deirdre,

That's exactly what we do. I create a cross reference marker next to
each revision date on the Record of Revisions page. This date is then
referenced anywhere in the manual that I need that particular date, such
as on the List of Effective Pages or the master page for a new part of
the manual. 

I think you can have up to 100 or so master pages in a chapter.
Depending on you template, you might need Left, Right, Blank, etc.
masters for each rev.

The master pages for the first few revisions can be part of your
template. All you need to do is change the date of each revision once on
the ROR and it is automatically propagated throughout the manual. Then
as you make changes, you just pick the appropriate master page for each
rev.

Clint


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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Deirdre
Reagan
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:27 AM
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Subject: master pages and multiple revisions

Hi All!

FM 8.0, XP.

I don't even know how to ask this question.

Let's say you have a 50 page document, and each page has the date of
original issue on it. The date of original issue is a cross-reference (I
know, I know) on the master page.

If you want to make changes to a document and you want the revision date
to appear only on the pages that have been revised, do you create a new
master page based on the old master page and change the original
cross-reference to a cross-reference to the revision date?

I think that is what to do.

If so, if we have a document that ends up in 12 revisions, then we will
have 13 sets of master pages (1 original and 12 revisions)?

Is that correct? All those master pages are ok?

Thanks,

Deirdre
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