Deleting multiple Master Pages in a book

[bowen192]

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?

[Van Kurtz]

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]

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.

[Wiedenmaier]

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

[bowen192]

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?

[Wiedenmaier]

- Open your document

- Select Ctrl+a

- Select Ctrl+c

- Open your template

- Select Ctrl+v

- Select "File > Save as"