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H o w e l e m e n t s i n h e r i t f o r m a t t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n
Inheritance in a document within a book
In a document that is part of a book, FrameMaker searches through an element's ancestors
for a paragraph format in the same way that it does in other documents. If FrameMaker
does not find a format in the document (when searching outside a table or footnote), it
continues looking for one in the ancestor elements of the book file.
If FrameMaker finds a paragraph format in the book file, it uses that format. If it reaches
the top of the element's hierarchy in the book and still has not found a format, it uses the
default Body paragraph format stored in the document.
When FrameMaker uses a format from an ancestor in a book or from the top of the
hierarchy, it starts at that point and then goes back down through the hierarchy to the
current element, picking up formatting changes along the way.
Chapter
Document
Only a document's main flow is considered to be part of a book's hierarchy. FrameMaker
continues the search up into the book file if the current element is part of the main flow.
When an end user updates a book, the element hierarchy from the book file is stored in the
book's documents. To apply a paragraph format, FrameMaker looks at the book's hierarchy
in the document and then uses the appropriate format from the document's format rules.
Closing or even deleting the book file does not affect the book information in a document;
a user can regenerate the book without the document to remove the information.
If the end user adds a document to the book, the book's text format rules are not
automatically applied to elements in the document. The user needs to update the book
again.
Structure Application Developer's Guide
Book
Chapter
Chapter
FrameMaker can search for
a format in a book file. Then
it picks up changes in the
book and brings them back
down to the current
element.
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