Adobe FrameMaker: Should You Apply or Update All?

by Barb Binder

When I teach my FrameMaker classes, there is always confusion caused by the Apply and the Update All buttons. Take this short quiz to test your knowledge of when to use one over the other.

1. You want to change all the Body paragraphs in your document to Minion Pro 10/12 in the Paragraph Designer. You make the changes and click:
   
1. Update All
2. Apply
   
2. You want to assign the Heading2 tag to a Body paragraph via Paragraph Designer. You pick it from the Paragraph Tag list and click:
   
1. Update All
2. Apply
   
3. You want to rename all paragraphs tagged Title to ChapterTitle, so you type over the name in Paragraph Designer and click:
   
1. Update All
2. Apply
   
4. You want to remove the first line indent on the very first Body paragraph, so you make the change in Paragraph Designer and click:
   
1. Update All
2. Apply
   
5. You change the alignment of a paragraph to center via the Paragraph Formatting toolbar. That is equivalent to clicking:
   
1. Update All
2. Apply

Answers: 1. a; 2. b; 3. a; 4. b; 5. b

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About the author: Barb Binder is the president and founder of Rocky Mountain Training. Barbara has been a trainer for nearly two decades and has been recognized by Adobe as one of the top trainers world-wide.

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Comments

[Al Thompson]

Using Apply is generally a bad idea. It creates an asterisk paragraph tab which cause problems when the files are converted to XML, Robohelp, or any other help program.

Ehrn i teach my FrameMaker class, that is what I tell the students.