Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)

[Peter Courlis]

Good Morning,

Does anyone know of a source of Book templates (free)
that a newbie might have access to, for study?

TIA

-peter


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Easiest way to create a new book from a template (unstructured FM8)
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com, "Andersen, Verner Engell VEA" <verner.andersen at radiometer.dk>
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:49 AM
> Verner,
> You should be able to do a File > Save Book As, renaming
> the book file. This should rename your generated files to
> match the book filename.
> 
> --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
> <verner.andersen at radiometer.dk> wrote:
> 
> From: Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
> <verner.andersen at radiometer.dk>
> Subject: Easiest way to create a new book from a template
> (unstructured FM8)
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:42 AM
> 
> My FM template contains all formats in the book. When I
> create a new
> book I take a chapter file at set it all up from there:
>  
> Add front page, toc, chapters, glossary index and rear
> page. All set up
> by using specific headings to call the correct master
> pages. I set up
> the page and chapter numbering from the book and set up the
> Table of
> Contents from the "Set up Table of Contents
> menu".
>  
> Now a Documentation group is going to use my template. They
> are all new
> to Framemaker. Can I set up a "dummy book" that
> they just copy to
> their
> working directory? I see that I can rename files from
> within the book
> and get links working but I cannot rename the book file
> itself.
>  
> Is there an easy way to get the book file renamed and get
> the generated
> files like TOC, Index and Glossary working without having
> to set them up
> from scratch again?
> 
> Do you have any other good ideas on how to optimize a
> template for group
> usage.
>  
>  
>  
>  
> Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
> Verner Andersen
> Technical Writer
> 
> Radiometer Medical ApS
> Phone +45 3827 3612
> Fax +45 3827 2727
> verner.andersen at radiometer.dk
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