Persist a variable to the next file

[Writer]

This is a good use case for WebWorks ePublishers PDF XSL FO output. It allows you to create a PDF with "fragments" of documentation more efficiently that FMs PDF output.

Nadine


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> From: "john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com" <john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com>
> To: framers <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:32 AM
> Subject: RE: Persist a variable to the next file
> 
> OK...I have some time...let me go into greater detail. If there are holes
> in my explanation, attribute it to confidentiality.
> 
> I have 5 main Lines of Business (LOBs) documented and arranged in 
> "Books";
> will call them Book 2, Book 3, Book 4, Book 5, and Book 6. I also have a
> Book 1, which contains methodology and procedure chapters that are common
> to all LOBs.
> 
> Within each Book 2 through 6, there are Products (Style:
> ChapterHeading)...between 8 to 30 products; depending on the LOB
> 
> Within each Product, there are 5 specific Sections (Style: Heading1);
> standard sections by title but different content each time
> 
> Follow so far?
> 
> When I do a compiled book for LOB 1, from the Framemaker Book panel, I
> include Book 1 and Book 2, excluding Book 3 through 6
> When I do a compiled book for LOB 2, from the Framemaker Book panel, I
> include Book 1 and Book 3, excluding Book 2 and Book 4 through 6
> etc.
> 
> Now...sometimes I need to output a Mini-Book. A specific LOB, with only
> specific Products, with only specific Sections, usually on the request of a
> regulatory request.
> 
> Because of the way I have the files set up, I simply Include only what I
> need and Generate
> 
> My total document is almost 7,000 pages. using this system, I can generate
> a specific book with from 10 to 1500 pages in less than a half hour and
> know exactly what is in the book, not more and not less..
> 
> John X Posada
> 
> 
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