Applying new templates to existing documents

[Art Campbell]

Others have solved this problem with a combination of tools -- I'd
look at the Clean Import Plug-in to import the new template info, and
any of several paragraph-mapping tools/plug-ins that are on the
market. Because there are several, you can probably try them out to
ask for feedback.

Also, I know Rick Quatro has done some scripts for remapping tags, but
I'm not sure how extensive the capabilities are -- Rick is at "Rick
Quatro" <frameexpert at truevine.net>.


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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:30 AM, edwardsdo <edwardsdo at neb.rr.com> wrote:
> My employer has implemented a new corporate-level style guide that impacts
> the look and feel of our customer-facing documentation. Source files for
> these documents are created/maintained using unstructured FrameMaker 8
> running on Windows XP sp 3. 13 writers are updating the majority of our
> current documents (group A) by applying templates that use the existing
> paragraph/character/table format naming conventions and reflect the new
> style requirements. A small group of the documents to be updated (group B)
> uses the A4 page size and a set of paragraph/character/table formats that
> have completely different naming conventions than those used group A. Group
> B includes 50+ documents with a total of 650 source files and just over
> 10,000 pages. We're considering the options we have for converting the group
> B documents to the new style guide requirements.
>
> One option is to convert the group B documents to the templates used for the
> group A documents, including paragraph/character/table naming conventions
> and the letter page size, so that we can move forward with a single,
> consistent set of templates for all FM documents. However, this option means
> that we must identify all paragraph/character/table names in the group
> B documents, rename them with corresponding names from the group A
> templates, and then apply the group A templates to each FM file. Definitely
> a labor-intensive process unless it can be automated significantly, possibly
> with FrameScript.
>
> The other option is to modify the templates currently used for the group
> B documents to obtain the needed look and feel, and then reapply those
> templates to the group B documents. The conversion effort would be reduced
> significantly, but we would still have two sets of FM templates to maintain.
>
> Is there a more efficient way to implement either of the options I have
> described? Are there other options for reformatting the group B documents?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Doug Edwards
>
>
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