Expert: Wayne Johnson - 11/19/2010

Question
After upgrading to FM 9.0, when I import my FM doc format into an existing FM doc, it doesn't overwrite/merge the existing paragraph formatting. I have to reapply all heading levels or 1) I can't cross-ref (doesn't find the heading levels) and 2) doesn't show in PDF Bookmarks. Format that I am applying has exactly the same paragraph names and settings as the document. Simply added some company info in the template and removed an unwanted section, but didn't change any heading settings, etc.

Answer
Willa - I don't have experience with Frame 9 - but I have run into the same problem when I have imported files with Frame 7.0.
Below is the from the Framemaker HELP File and should work also for Frame 9, or you can go to HELP on the Menu Bar and enter Import in the Search Box. The look for "Importing Formated Text." Information from the Help file is shown below:

•Click where you want to insert the text and choose File > Import > File.
•Specify the file that contains the flow you want to import and the import method (see Choosing the right method for importing and linking).
•Click Import.
•If the Unknown File Type dialog box appears, select a file type and click Convert. The dialog box that appears next depends on the import method you chose in step 2. The Import Text Flow by Reference dialog box contains settings for specifying how to update the imported flow. Choose a body page flow or a reference page flow. Typically, the text you import will come from body pages. Reference pages can contain flows with boilerplate text or graphics for use on body pages.
•Specify how to format the imported text by doing one of the following:
•To apply the current document's formats to the imported text whenever their tags match, click Reformat Using Current Document's Formats. If the tags don't match, the formatting of imported text is unaffected. Usually, you would also select the options to remove manual page breaks and other format overrides (such as font properties or tab settings) so that the imported text looks like text in the current document with the same tags.
•To remove the formatting from the imported text and apply the character and paragraph formatting used at the insertion point, click Reformat as Plain Text. (Text in tables or anchored frames retains the formatting it had in the source document.)
•To keep the formatting from the source document, click Retain Source's Formatting. Formats in the imported text aren't added to the current document's format catalogs. If you later modify the current document's formats, the imported text formats won't be affected--even if the tags in the current document and imported text match.
•If you are importing the text by reference, specify how to update the text inset by doing one of the following:
•To update the text inset whenever you open the document, click Automatic.
•To update only when you specify, click Manual.
•Click Import. If you imported the text by reference, it appears as a text inset. (A text inset is linked to the source document and can't be edited outside of that source document.)
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Hope the above helps you out
Regards, Wayne