<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><base href="x-msg://298/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I solve the dilemma you're facing using what I call a template-based workflow.</div><div><br></div><div>Realistically, the formats of your docs don't have to be updated until the next time you edit or output content.</div><div><div><br></div><div>When you begin a revision cycle on a book, import formats across all child Frame docs. (it's easy to do this at the book level) That way your files will stay in line with your latest template, and you won't have a 6,000 file process to chew on. </div><div><br></div><div>If the files never get updated again, there's no need to ensure they have the updated template...</div><div><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 Nov 7, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Anneke von den Hoff <<a href="mailto:a.vondenhoff@tedopres.com">a.vondenhoff@tedopres.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="NL" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Verdana; 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: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hello Framers,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I have about 6,000 unstructured framemaker (FM9) documents that need an update of the template formats.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The files are in different folders on a filesystem.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We could open all these files and import the formats manually, but maybe there is a less time consuming way to do this.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Does anyone know if this could this be done with FrameScript?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Anneke Von den Hoff</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><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>. Visit<br><a href="http://www.frameusers.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.frameusers.com/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for more resources and info.<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>