Creating a list of cross-reference formats

Is it possible to create a list of used/unused cross-reference formats?

If the point of the list is to identify unused formats to remove, another free, and somewhat unobvious method is found in the way Frame deletes Xref formats. This also works for Variables, but does not work for Character and Paragraph formats.

In the Edit Format menu, use the [Delete] button to delete ALL the Formats.

When you press [Done], you'll get an "OK to convert?" dialog with [OK] and [Cancel] buttons.

[Cancel] actually means

[Don't Delete This One Format],

and not

[Abandon All Deletions].

You'll get a dialog for each format that's actually in use. Unused formats will be removed (as will any in use where you press [OK]).

Using FM10, unstructured

I've seen complaints about how this works for Variables in FM10. I don't have 10 to test with.

PamelaAnnG wrote: Is it possible to create a list of used/unused cross-reference formats? I've been able to create a list of paragraph tags used in a book file, which was very helpful in my current project. I was hoping there would be something similar for the user-defined cross-reference formats. I've also created a list of the cross-references, but I'm looking for a list of the actual formats. Using FM10, unstructured

Hi, Pamela:

Search Google for "squidds AND FrameMaker" with quotes and capital AND to find their commercial Toolbox tool that seems to claim it can do this. It's not cheap, however.

The free way is to:

* Save a FrameMaker file with FIle > Save As > MIF.

* Search Google for terms like "FrameMaker MIF manual online pdf" without quotes, and search within it for "cross-reference formats" without quotes to see how the formats are encoded.

* Search Google for "mifbrowse.zip" to find a tool that can help you find the term in a FrameMaker file you save as MIF. Open mifbrowse and use File > Open to locate the MIF file, or drag the MIF file from a Windows Explorer window into mifbrowse's left pane. Click Search and type in the term you've found in the MIF manual, that identifies the beginning of the collected formats.

* Copy and paste the format definitions. You may need to translate some of the notations in the formats. I can't remember where to look for them, but if you have trouble, start a new thread with some of the puzzling notations and ask where to find translations.

HTH

Regards,

Peter

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