Re: FrameScript--just learning

[jeremy@xxxxxxxxx (Jeremy H. Griffith)]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:59:18 -0600, "Anita Rae" <anirae@eclipseinc.com> wrote:

>I'm new to FrameScript, not a programmer, but am a long-time Frame user. I
>need to apply several changes to Frame files in the process of converting
>the files to JavaHelp files.
>
>These are some of the changes I need to make:
>
>~S&R Tabs (\t) to line break (\n)
>~S&R Directional Quotes and curly apostrophes to straight Qs&As
>~Remove all references pages
>~Remove all unused master pages
>~Remove any footers on remaining master pages
>~Insert a line break between Auto Number "Note:" and attached paragraph
>~Delete extra spaces
>~Delete empty paragraphs
>~Delete all unused paragraph tags (deleting all of them works just as well)
>~Delete all (unused) character tags
>~Import formats from a specific "template" Frame file
>~Save as MIF

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-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  (jeremy@omsys.com)  http://www.omsys.com/

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