Best way to rename individual book files and book name in FrameMaker 9

[Combs, Richard]

Gelo, John wrote:
 
> Will someone please help with this question?

You have to rename the component files of a book in the book window, or you'll break all references between files. Right-click a file and select Rename File. Unless it's changed since 7.2, you'll have to acknowledge a couple of messages for each name change, so it's a bit of a PITA for a big book. 

You could rename the book in Windows Explorer (or your preferred file manager), but it's simpler, IMHO, to just do File > Save Book As in FM. If you do that, FM renames the generated files (TOC, etc.) to match the book name. Later, you can just delete the old book file. 

HTH!

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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