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Subject:Re: Not allowed to change templates? From:David Dvorkin <DDvorkin -at- FRXSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 May 1998 09:35:57 -0600
> Gerd Ballenberger wrote:
>
> Our (big) department has a standard set of FrameMaker templates, and
> we are
> "NOT" allowed to change them. Now we're writing a department style
> guide,
> and found e.g. that there is no paragraph tag for a literature list,
> and no
> xref format for referencing the list items, like [1]. Of course we
> created
> these formats (plus some others), and now we have to defend our
> decision.
> How did others handle the need for special-purpose formats in a rigid
> environment?
>
Is there no procedure in place to modify templates? You've demonstrated
the
need for such a procedure.
> David Dvorkin
> FRx Software Corporation
>mailto:ddvorkin -at- frxsoft -dot- com
> (303) 741-8280
>
