[Framers] Best practices for multiple users

[Cheryl Magadieu]

Thanks. Unfortunately, we are using Git, so we can't lock the files.

Cheryl

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
wrote:

> The target document has to be open. If the other writer is working on
> the target file, you could put in "add x-ref" placeholders and add
> them later.
>
> Are you using a source control system such as Subversion? That helps
> avoid problems. You check out the files you need to work on and check
> them back in when you're done. While you have a file checked out, it's
> locked so no one else can accidentally write to it. (Most source
> control systems except Git have locks.)
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 12:15 PM, Cheryl Magadieu <cmagadieu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I work at a small company, and there are two of us who are using
> > FrameMaker. At the moment, we are both working on the same book; each of
> us
> > has about 6 chapters. This is the first time we've worked on the same
> book
> > at the same time.
> >
> > The challenge we've run into is how to make the workflow easier when we
> > have to create cross-references from one chapter to another. Some of the
> > chapters will have cross-references to most of the other chapters in the
> > book. Is there a way to do this without modifying both Document A (which
> > has the cross-reference) Document B (the document the cross-ref is
> pointing
> > point to)? When I add a cross-ref from Document A to Document B, it looks
> > like FrameMaker inserts a cross-ref marker in Document B. If I don't save
> > that change to Document B and then update the book references later, do I
> > then have to manually fix the cross-reference? Maybe we're overlooking
> > something obvious--is there a better way to share files and work on
> > cross-references?
> >
> > I should mention that the FrameMaker files are not on a network drive, as
> > our manager does not like that approach.
> >
> > We would appreciate any recommendations for making this easier.
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