Old styles being picked up

[William Abernathy]

If the obsolete styles are consistently applied, you could use CudSpan's 
TemplateMapper app to address this.

--William

Nina Rogers wrote:
> Hi all,
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> 
> For several years, I was the sole tech writer at my company and was the
> only person in my department who used Framemaker. Now we have another
> tech writer, for a total of two.
> 
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> For this year's user guides, I made some changes to the paragraphs and
> character styles, cross-reference names, etc. I created a template
> document that contained info about all of these new styles and when to
> use them-it took quite a bit of work, but we needed it, particularly
> since we now had more than one tech writer, and the new tech writer
> (unfortunately) cannot read my mind. :)
> 
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> 
> Anyway, I have no problem with using the new styles on my computer. When
> the new tech writer opens my documents on his computer for editing or
> proofreading, however, or when he creates a document on his own using
> the template, many of the obsolete styles end up finding their way in
> his documents. 
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> It is very time consuming for him to have to go through every document
> he touches and delete the obsolete styles. Can someone tell me how to
> avoid this issue? Thanks!
> 
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> 
> Nina Rogers, Technical Writer
> 
> Drake Software Tax Development
> 
> nina.rogers at drakesoftware.com