<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://2614/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.<div><br></div><div>I refer to "Using MIF Fragments to Update Catalog Settings" on p. 581 of my book whenever I need to do this.<div>
<p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Times; "></p><p></p><p></p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica; "></p><p></p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica; "><br>-Matt<br></p><div id="sig" style="font-family: arial, helvetica; width: 500px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; ">Matt R. 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</div><br><div><div>On Mar 25, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Craig Ede <<a href="mailto:craigede@hotmail.com">craigede@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I'd do it via a variable placed on the master page. Just import variables from a clean template (i.e. one that won't redefine other possibly used variables) across the range of files that need to be updated.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Craig<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></a></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:framers-<a href="mailto:bounces@lists.frameusers.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Timothy DeWees<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, March 25, 2013 4:02 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>global master page changes<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I have a document that changes very frequently, sometimes every month. The client likes to have a “version” in the header, such as “March 2013 Version”, “April 2013 Version,” etc. Is there a way to globally revise all of my master pages in the book from say March to April in the header title? I’m currently running FM10 and would prefer to do this without using framescript since not everyone working with these documents has framescript. Thanks in advance for the help.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Tim DeWees<o:p></o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br><br><br>You are currently subscribed to framers as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:matt@mattrsullivan.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">matt@mattrsullivan.com</a>.<br><br>Send list messages to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>.<br><br>To unsubscribe send a blank email to<br><a href="mailto:framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>or visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40mattrsullivan.com</a><br><br>Send administrative questions to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:listadmin@frameusers.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">listadmin@frameusers.com</a>. 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