In FMPS, you can reuse publishing tasks using templates and presets and save time.
See video: FrameMaker Publishing Server: PDF presets andtemplates
Templates are reusable publication tasks that you can run with or without modifications.
Templates include the following information:
Book settings: Settings such as whether or not to apply master pages and update cross references in the source book.
Output settings: Output directory and types of outputs to create.
Scripts: Pre-publish and post-publish scripts to run.
E-mail: email IDs to notify the progress of tasks.
Private or shared: Private templates are visible and accessible for the creator of the template only. Shared templates are visible and accessible to all the users.
Log settings (for more information, see Logs.)
Select the Template tab.
Click Add New Template and enter the settings for the new template.
If you want to make your template available for others, select Shared.
Click Save.
In the Template tab, click a Template’s name.
The template details open.
If necessary, edit the template details.
Click Run.
To create a template similar to an existing one, you can duplicate it.
In the Template tab, do one of the following:
Click a Template’s name and in the Template dialog, click Duplicate.
Select a Template and then select Duplicate Template from the Add New Template drop-down.
The
template dialog opens with the same task settings and name of the
template duplicated with the suffix -copy
.
Modify the settings and the name of the template and click Save.
By creating a task from a template, you can use the template with minimal changes.
In the Template tab, select a template from the list.
In the Add New Template drop-down, select Create Task From Template.
The Task dialog appears.
Modify the details as appropriate and click Save.
In FMPS, you can create presets for output-formats that you want to generate. Presets include settings such as:
Name for the preset
DITAVAL file to use
For repetitive tasks with the same settings, you can create and apply the presets to populate all the settings to save time. You can create private or shared presets. Private presets are visible and accessible to the creator of preset only. Shared presets are visible and accessible to all the users but can be edited only by the users who created them.
In addition to presets, you can also create Templates for reusable tasks.
Select the Preset tab.
Using the Add New PDF Preset drop-down, select Add New PDF Preset or Add New Publish Preset.
Provide the required details for the preset.
If you want to make your preset available for others, select Shared. If you do not select Shared, your preset is visible and available to you only.
Click Save.
On the Preset tab, click on a preset’s name.
The PDF Preset or Publish Preset dialog appears.
Make the required changes and click Save.
Do one of the following:
On the Preset tab, select the presets to be deleted and click Delete.
In the PDF Preset or Publish Preset dialog, click Delete.