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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the replies to this – I haven’t done much template
creation as yet but at least I know this is possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Matt Sullivan
[mailto:sullivanmattr@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 December 2011 00:58<br>
<b>To:</b> Laura Fergusson<br>
<b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Conditional text and templates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I suggest different template files, but exactly the same
naming conventions with different formatting definitions. That way you can
import either template to get the appropriate "look".<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>-Matt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>@mattrsullivan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Laura Fergusson <<a
href="mailto:l.fergusson@codestuff.net">l.fergusson@codestuff.net</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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fellow Framers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’ve
been making heavy use of conditional text in Framemaker 8 (unstructured). Up to
now, all manuals for different customers have used the one template.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I
have a feeling that a new customer is about to request a customised template.
However, the content will still be very similar to the other guides I produce
for the other clients.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Is
it possible to do this? That is, use one template for this particular client,
and keep the default template for the others, within the same files?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If
not, can anyone suggest the least messy way to proceed? I would say 70% of the
text is common to all product variants.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks
in advance<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Laura<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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