global header change?
Fred Ridder
docudoc at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 1 15:11:32 PST 2009
And don't forget to look for the product name in figures, too. Find/Change (and EZVars, too, I assume) will only find the old name in text objects like paragraphs.
-Fred Ridder
> Subject: RE: global header change?
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:23:51 -0700
> From: richard.combs at Polycom.com
> To: poshedly at bellsouth.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com
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> Ken Poshedly wrote:
>
> > Argghhhh!
> >
> > They changed the product name! And AFTER the book was done, pdf'd and sent
> > overseas for printing!
> >
> > I put a hold on it, but now have to go back and change the headers to
> > indicate the new model name.
> >
> > Other than opening each book file and changing the header text one file at
> > a time, is there a global method?
>
> Well, others have addressed variables and master pages. But I find it hard to believe that the product name is found only in the headers, and nowhere in the body of the manual.
>
> You might want to get EZVars from Electropubs (http://www.electropubs.com/ez_ezvars.html), which lets you find a text string, like your product name, and replace it with a variable.
>
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> Richard G. Combs
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> Polycom, Inc.
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