Finding overrides in Framemaker files

[Writer]

FM also provides the ability to search for character/paragraph/table format overrides in the Find/Change dialog box (that is, CTRL + F). Those options are at the bottom of the Find list. 

Richard, do those tools provide something extra to the FM functionality?

Nadine

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> From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com>
>To: Tammy Van Boening <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com>; "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> 
>Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:48:47 PM
>Subject: RE: Finding overrides in Framemaker files
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>Tammy Van Boening wrote:
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>> Framemaker 10, all patched, Win 7, 64 bit.
>> I have a Framemaker book that contains 8 chapter files. I know that overrides
>> to paragraph styles in a file are marked with an asterisk in the Information
>> Bar at the bottom of the file. I am producing OLH for a client using a 15 year
>> old technology (Sun JavaHelp) and I don't have an option to change that right
>> now. In the tool that I use, ePublisher, reports are generated including a
>> Styles report that specifically lists all paragraph tags that have an override
>> to them. This report, however, is not available for a Sun JavaHelp output for
>> many reasons but I still need to be able to find overrides in the Framemaker
>> source files. Is there a script that is available to do this, or is there a
>> way to use FM's functionality that I am not aware of to do this?
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>In addition to Stuart's suggestion, I can recommend Silicon Prarie's very reasonable Paragraph Tools and Character Tools plugins for this and many other tasks (siliconprairiesoftware.com). 
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>But if you're in a hurry and not afraid of removing all overrides in a file without regard for the consequences, do the following: 
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>1) Ensure that you have a file whose pgf catalog (and anything else you want to "unify") has the definitions you want all the chapters to use. 
>2) In the book window, select all the chapters and select File > Import > Formats. 
>3) In the dialog box, set Import from Document to the file with the correct definitions and under Import and Update, select what you want to update. 
>4) Under While Updating, Remove, select Other Format/Layout Overrides and click Import. 
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>HTH!
>
>Richard G. Combs
>Senior Technical Writer
>Polycom, Inc.
>richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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