global master page changes

[Fred Ridder]

Rick's solution assumes that all components of your book use the same page layouts, specifically the exact same header/footer specifications. Otherwise, the update will wipe out the differences. Also, this approach requires you to add/update the version info to each different master page you have defined.

Another approach that is both simpler and more general is to modify all the master pages to include a new User Variable which you define to be whatever version string you need to use. The initial setup is much the same as Rick's solution except that you use a variable rather than an explicit text string. Once the variables are in the headers of all the components, updating the version ID is as simple as redefining the value of the variable one time, in one file and importing only the variable definitions from that one file to all the rest. 

-Fred Ridder

From: rick at rickquatro.com
To: tdewees at charter.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: global master page changes
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:13:44 -0400

Hi Tim, You could change the master pages in one document and use File > Import > Formats to import the Page Layouts into the rest of the documents. Or you could use an ExtendScript script to do it because ExtendScript comes with FrameMaker 10 so you don't have to buy it. If you are interested in a script like this, please contact me offlist. Thank you very much. Rick Rick QuatroCarmen Publishing Inc.585-283-5045rick at frameexpert.com   From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Timothy DeWees
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 5:02 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: global master page changes I have a document that changes very frequently, sometimes every month. The client likes to have a “version” in the header, such as “March 2013 Version”, “April 2013 Version,” etc.  Is there a way to globally revise all of my master pages in the book from say March to April in the header title? I’m currently running FM10 and would prefer to do this without using framescript since not everyone working with these documents has framescript.  Thanks in advance for the help. Tim DeWees
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