[Framers] Best way to replace one template with another without using plugins?

[Art Campbell]

And there are several FrameScripts out there that purge all catalogs for a
squeaky-clean import without any overlooked tags.


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On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Mike Wickham <mewickham at cox.net> wrote:

> If the paragraph/character tag names are all the same in the new template,
> you can select all the files in the book and then import the formats. Any
> formats that are the same name will be overwritten. Any in the old document
> that don't exist in the new template, will be left untouched, and any
> formats that exist in the new template, but not the document, will be
> added. This could leave you with formats that you no longer want and would
> want to manually delete.
>
> The Paragraph Tools and Character Tools plugins fromhttp://
> siliconprairiesoftware.com <http://siliconprairiesoftware.com>let you
> create a conversion list that can rename formats from one name to another
> in a single stroke, making it easy to import from a new template that has
> different format names.
>
> Mike Wickham
>
>
> On 4/12/2016 2:48 AM, Studio Smalbro wrote:
>
>> What is the best way to replace on template with another using only
>> FrameMaker 12?
>> Can it be done bookwide?
>>
>> As of now I manually delete all tags and formats and do an Import
>> Formats, and it works, but it is cumbersome and prone to errors. Can it be
>> done otherwise?
>>
>> Best regards
>> Bjørn
>>
>
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