RE: Wanted: Any available doc comparing Word XP and FrameMaker 7.2

["Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>]

Geoff L is absolutely right when he says to use DocProperty variables. They
are extremely easy to implement and maintain, and conveniently, you can see
what the variables are set to by examining the docuemnt's properties, even
when it's closed.

So, to add formatting, and to add to the convenience, you 1) go into doc
properties and add your variables and set initial values, 2) close the
properties box and create a field to call the variable into the document, 3)
format the resulting insertion any way you choose, 4) highlight the whole
thing and make it an autotext entry. <g> If you name the entry with more
than 4 characters (e.g., "prodname" [w/o quotes]), then each time you type
"prod" [w/o qotes], Word will prompt prodname? in a little hover box and
you'll hit Enter and be done with it.

How much easier could it be?

-Sue Gallagher


> On 17 Mar 2006, at 16:28, Dan Goldstein wrote:
>
> >... Variables are difficult for those
> > unfamiliar with VBA, but not impossible. Details follow below -- let me
> > know if you need more help with these!
>
> Thanks, Dan and Johnathan.
>
> At first glance, these look more like workarounds... Geoff Lane mentioned
using
> File > Properties > Custom and {DocProperty "ProductName"} for
> variables and this is pretty close to FrameMaker's user variables,
> although FM also allows you to specify the character format for a
> variable.
>
> Paul

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