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Subject:RE: Using one FrameMaker chapter in several books From:"David Knopf" <david -at- knopf -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:17:42 -0700
John Crowell wrote:
| I simply added the source file to the book, leaving it in its
| "common files"
| folder. The TOC works fine, but our headers refer to the Title
| page file for
| Xrefs to the book title and part number. The header always refers to the
| Title page file of the wrong book until I change the Xrefs to the current
| book; then the next book refers to the one I just finished with,
| and so on.
|
| It seems to me that this is just the sort of thing FrameMaker should do
| well, but I can't seem to get it to work at all. Can anyone guide
| me out of
| this dilemma? I receive the digest, so please send answers directly to me.
We do this all the time. You can simply include the same .fm file in
multiple .book files. To get around the problem with references to the Title
page document, I suggest you put the part number and book title in variables
and use the variables instead of referencing the title page document.
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