greenfield and new structure

[John Sgammato]

Thank you! This looks like exactly the guidance I need?

On Saturday, December 1, 2012, Writer wrote:

> >But surely somehow the para tags get mapped to elements for PDF output?
>
> Forget about formatting while you author. Learn to separate creating
> content from formatting.
>
> >When I publish a procedure to PDF, suppose I want the steps to have 0pt
> above, 6pt after, etc - the stuff I usually set up in the paragraph
> designer. How do the elements get that information en route to becoming a
> PDF?  I want to know how to set that up, too.
> >And then I want to publish the same content to HTML, with different
> presentation. Now that I separate the presentation form the structure, I
> have misplaced where the presentation layer went...
> ><still scratching head>
>
>
> One approach (described at a very general level):
>
>
> 1. Create your DITA topics.
>
> 2. Create a ditamap for your book/PDF.
>
> 3. Create a ditaval file, if you need one.
>
> 4. Save your ditamap as an FM book with FM components (or however it works
> in FM11). I think you mentioned that you're using DITA FMx? That should
> help you build your FM book.
>
> 5. Go through your FM book and format the tags that are applied to
> paragraphs and characters. Set up your master pages, reference pages, TOC
> file, index file, front/backmatter etc.
>
> 6. Once you're satisfied with the results, save your formatting as a
> template.
>
> 7. Next time you update your DITA files and recreate your FM book, apply
> those templates to the generated FM book files.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> As for generating HTML, that's going to depend on what processor you use.
>
> This LinkedIn thread mentions several e-books about DITA (not FM). If
> you're not familiar with DITA in general, you might find something useful
> to give you a basis for using FM as a tool for authoring DITA.
>
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=112571&type=member&item=181151686&trk=group_search_item_list-0-b-ttl&goback=%2Egna_112571
>
>
> Nadine
>


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