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bowen192
bowen192
Inspiring
February 2, 2012
Question

Deleting multiple Master Pages in a book

  • February 2, 2012
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Hello

Is the above possible?

If I delete master pages in a document and then try to import the Page Layout formats in to another group of documnts, Framemaker ignores the request.

Am I doing it wrong or have you any other ideas?

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    Van Kurtz
    Van Kurtz
    Inspiring
    February 2, 2012

    When you import formats, which ever formats they are, FrameMaker ADDS the new formats to the existing formats UNLESS a new format has the same name as the existing format, in which case FrameMaker replaces the existing one with the new one.

    Thus, if you DELETE a format, in your case a master page, from a document and then import the master pages from that document to a new document, FrameMaker does NOT delete the master pages from the second document that were also deleted from the first document. Importing formats is an ADDITIVE process, not a comparison process.

    Van

    bowen192
    bowen192Author
    Inspiring
    February 2, 2012

    Van Kurtz wrote:

    When you import formats, which ever formats they are, FrameMaker ADDS the new formats to the existing formats UNLESS a new format has the same name as the existing format, in which case FrameMaker replaces the existing one with the new one.

    Thus, if you DELETE a format, in your case a master page, from a document and then import the master pages from that document to a new document, FrameMaker does NOT delete the master pages from the second document that were also deleted from the first document. Importing formats is an ADDITIVE process, not a comparison process.

    Van

    Cheers, Van.

    That explains why I'm an idiot, now I just need a fix for the problem.

    W
    Wiedenmaier
    Inspiring
    February 2, 2012

    Wiedenmaier wrote:

    you can

    - delete masterpages by hand

    - write a script which imports formats and does a comparison process

    - you can copy content into your template and "Save as" - side effects possible

    Markus

    Sorry, Markus, what do you mean by this?


    - Open your document

    - Select Ctrl+a

    - Select Ctrl+c

    - Open your template

    - Select Ctrl+v

    - Select "File > Save as"

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