Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

[Kelly McDaniel]

I faced a similar issue when I inherited 11 books with almost 1.500
graphics. The graphics file names, in some cases, were numeric, and in
others they were human-readable, but in someone else's shorthand. My
goal was to segregate books/files into discrete directories with a
graphics child directory in each book dir. 

1. I created the book/files and graphics directories, establishing a
scalable directory structure.

2. I manually moved books and all related files into their respective
directories. This broke all inter-book cross-refs. This was OK, since I
produce only PDFs.

3. I renamed all books and files to a logical, human-readable scheme.
For example, ana_gr_vws.fm became <product framework name>_<application
name>_Analyzer_graph_views.fm.

4. I click-dragged ALL GRAPHICS into each child graphics folder in each
book folder.

5. I opened the book in FM and answered Use This New Path when the
graphics broken link window appeared.

6. I ran a utility to delete all unused graphics.

7. I used a renaming utility to append 
<product framework name>_<application name>_Analyzer as a file name
prefix.

8. I re-opened the book in FM and this time, at each graphics link
break, I manually re-established the link to each graphic, repeating the
previous few steps for each book.

It sounds like a lot of work, but it took less than 50 hours. What I got
in the end was a directory structure, file structure, and naming
convention that works well for scalability and can readily be used by a
junior writer...regards, Kelly.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Vijay
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:40 AM
To: John Posada
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

Hi Verner,

I am curious to understand why was the change suggested at this time ?
The team / manager must take a decision before beginning the project
on the best-practices keeping the future plan in mind, and adhere to
it.

I believe there will be a valid reason for the current numbered naming
convention. So, instead of restructuring the naming convention from
numbers to descriptive text, I recommend leaving the file names as is
for now. If at all you have no alternative, it is going to be a very
tedious and time consuming effort.


Regards and Best Wishes,
Vijay

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:03 PM, John Posada <jposada99 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> How does it know that "08-204" is the same as "analyzer_main"?
>
>> Is there an easy way to do this without having to reimport.
>> Maybe there is a tool?
>
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
> NYMetro STC President
>
> 'Half this game is ninety percent mental.'
>  -- Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies manager
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