Is there an easier way?

[Baruch Brodersen]

1. Redefine the cross reference formats in one file and import them across
all the book files. ImportFormatsSpecial is a great utlity to make short
work of this.
2. Use conditional text to include or exclude screenshots.

Baruch Brodersen


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Hi, David:
>
> I recommend that you post this to the Yahoo WebWorks user group, too:
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp-users/messages?o=1
>
> Which version of ePub are you using?
>
> I recommend that you set the cross-reference format in ePublisher.
>
> If you don't want most images, but you want some, set up a marker in your
> FM files for the images you don't want, and then set up ePublisher not to
> generate them. How to do that should be in your ePublisher online help.
>
> You shouldn't have to copy your FM files to create the online help. If you
> want, you can create a different book for your online help that uses the
> same chapter files. For instance, you might want your chapters to appear in
> a different order, or you want to create additional FM files for your chm.
>
> Hope that helps to get you started,
>
> Nadine
>
> --- On Tue, 10/19/10, David Millis <David.Millis at DrakeSoftware.com> wrote:
>
> > From: David Millis <David.Millis at DrakeSoftware.com>
> > Subject: Is there an easier way?
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:16 AM
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > This may be a procedural question. I write my manual
> > (approx. 400 pages)
> > using Frame 7.2. It includes lots of screenshots and cross
> > references.
> > To create my Help (.chm using ePublisher Pro), I make a
> > copy of the
> > entire book folder, strip out most of the screenshots, and
> > have to
> > change the cross reference format from Heading and Page to
> > just Heading.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have 2 questions:
> >
> > 1)    Is there an easier way to change the cross
> > reference format
> > (perhaps globally), and
> >
> > 2)    Is there a way I can change the files the
> > cross references
> > reference from the original book to the Frame Help files?
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to make this easier
> > and less
> > labor intensive?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > David Millis
> >
> >
> >
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