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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think this plug-in does what you
want:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php">http://leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
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On 01-Jul-13 6:46 PM, Christenson, Pat wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Craig –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I guess I
haven’t been clear about the process I’m trying to automate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It’s not a case
of replacing text with variables.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We have books
that have many, many variables in them. Each time the book
is updated, the variables must be redefined. We get the new
definitions as a plain text list. Our task is to redefine
the appropriate variables with the new definitions. Right
now, it’s a slow and tedious to redefine each variable but
once that’s done, it’s a simple matter to import the
Variable Definitions throughout the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I was hoping to
find an inexpensive plug-in that could quickly convert (or
map) the text list to variable definitions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for
offering a solution, though. </span><span
style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span
style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Pat Christenson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Craig Ede [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:craigede@hotmail.com">mailto:craigede@hotmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 01, 2013 10:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Christenson, Pat; 'Framer's List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Convert text to variables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">To do them all
at once, just say "Replace All". This will replace all
throughout a book with the right settings chosen. Also, if
you don't have a book, you can build a temporary one that
includes all your files. You probably one to test with will
a one-by-one replace to make sure you are getting what you
want. Remember that case differences might cause a problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I doubt that
FrameScript could do it better and coding this would
certainly be slower.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Craig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christenson, Pat<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 01, 2013 10:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Convert text to variables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks, Mike. I
knew about the manual one-at-a-time way but was hoping to
find something faster. I guess I’ll have to look into
ExtendScript.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Pat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Wickham<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 28, 2013 4:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Convert text to variables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">You can do it
from within FrameMaker, but not all in one step. Simply create
your variable and then copy your variable to the clipboard.
Then use Find/Change. Enter the text you want to replace in
the Find section and choose "By Pasting" in the Change
section. The paste function will create the variable and
substitute it for the text in any other documents that you
paste into. So you only have to create and copy the variable
once.<br>
<br>
If you have a lot of terms to convert, this could take a
while. So you might want to use FrameScript or ExtendScript to
create a script to do it for you.<br>
<br>
Mike Wickham<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/28/2013 2:44 PM, Christenson, Pat
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a plugin that allows you to
convert text to a variable?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have a long list of terms that
correspond to existing variables in numerous documents. If
we can convert the text to variables (without manually
redefining each one), it would really speed things up.<o:p></o:p></p>
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