global master page changes

[Rick Quatro]

One potential problem here: File > Import > Formats will import system
variables as well as user variables. Sometimes you will have different
system variable definitions that you may not want to import. That is one of
the reasons I separated system and user variables in my ImportFormatsSpecial
plugin (and script). The MIF fragment would also avoid this potential
problem.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-283-5045
rick at frameexpert.com




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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 5:31 PM
To: matt at mattrsullivan.com; craigede at hotmail.com
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; 'Timothy DeWees'
Subject: RE: global master page changes

Matt Sullivan wrote: 
 
> Perhaps the most elegant way to use the variables method is to save 
> the definitions as a MIF fragment and eliminate any chance of mucking 
> anything else in your files.
> 
> I refer to "Using MIF Fragments to Update Catalog Settings" on p. 581 
> of my book whenever I need to do this.

Aw, you're just showing off. ;-) 

This is never an issue for me. For any given book, all variables have the
same definition. I modify variable definitions only in the title page file,
from which I import them to all the other files in the book. 

Except on the rare occasions that I'm doing major template updates, the
first thing I do in the Import Formats dialog box is click Deselect All. So
long as I don't go berserk and abandon that long-standing process, mucking
up anything else just isn't an issue for me.

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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