re-using paragraphs in Unstructured FrameMaker - flows and disconnected pages

[ray.lloyd at agfa.com]

Thanks all for these tricks. I had never done anything with disconnected 
pages and different flows but it seems to work. I'll see how robust this 
mechanism is as I go forward with the project and generating output.

Kind Regards,

Ray Lloyd | Agfa Graphics
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From:   "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com>
To:     Ray Lloyd/AGRLL/AGFA at AGFA, "framers at lists.frameusers.com" 
<framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Date:   02/12/2011 21:53
Subject:        RE: re-using paragraphs in Unstructured FrameMaker



ray.lloyd at agfa.com wrote:
 
> Are there any tricks to pull in a paragraph (e.g. a note) into several
> documents for re-use beside using Text Insets? I'd like to put all
> these re-usable paragraphs in one document and then pull specific
> paragraphs into other documents -- similar to what you can do with the
> conref mechanism in DITA XML.
> Any ideas welcome.
> Ray

Text insets are the way to go. What may not be obvious is that you can put 
all the text insets into the same document. A text inset is a complete 
flow. But a single FM file can contain any number of flows, each with its 
own name. When you use File > Import > File to import (by reference), you 
specify the file from which to import, and if it contains multiple flows, 
you're prompted to choose the flow you want. 

Create a new doc to serve as the container for your text inset flows. To 
create new flows, add disconnected pages (Special > Add Disconnected 
Pages) -- as many as you want at a time. 

Because it's disconnected, each new page is a new flow (notice the 
end-of-flow symbol on each page). But they all have the default flow tag, 
"A." You have to give each a unique and meaningful Flow Tag name so you'll 
know which flow to pick when importing to your destination doc(s). To do 
this, select a text frame, right-click, and select Object Properties. In 
the Customize Text Frame dialog, set Flow Tag to the name you want. 

Put each paragraph (or set of paragraphs, or table, ...) that you want to 
re-use into its own flow / text frame and you're ready go. 

HTH!

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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