When you import formatting information from a template, FrameMaker merges the information into the document rather than completely replacing the information. For example, when you import paragraph styles, FrameMaker adds the styles to the document’s Paragraph Catalog. If any styles have the same name in both documents, the imported style overwrites the original style. Any styles that are not overwritten remain in the document.
The template’s Paragraph Catalog is merged into the document, and all styles in the catalog are reapplied in the document. The template’s PDF bookmark settings are also copied into the document.
The template’s Character Catalog is merged into the document, and all styles in the catalog are reapplied in the document.
The template’s master pages are merged into the document, and body pages are updated with the master page changes. If the template and the document both have a master page with the same name, the template’s master page replaces the document’s. FrameMaker copies the change bar properties, all the settings in the Page Size and Pagination dialog boxes, and most settings in the View Options dialog box.
The template’s Table Catalog and ruling styles are merged into the document, and all formats in the catalog are reapplied in the document.
The template’s color definitions and views are merged into the document.
The template’s custom marker types and footnote properties; the volume, chapter, page, paragraph, footnote, and table footnote numbering styles in the Numbering Properties dialog box; the characters in the Allow Line Breaks After setting in the Text Options dialog box; and the Feather settings in the Line Layout dialog box are merged into the document. The PDF Setup settings (other than the bookmark settings) are also merged into the document. On Japanese-language systems, the rubi properties and kumihan rules (Japanese-language typesetting rules) are also merged into the document.
All the template’s reference pages (except for FrameMath reference pages) are merged into the document. If the template and the document both have a reference page with the same name, the template’s reference page replaces the document’s. To import FrameMath reference pages, select Math Definitions.
The template’s variable definitions are merged into the document.
The template’s cross-reference formats are merged into the document, and internal cross-references are updated.
The template’s condition tags and Show/Hide settings are merged into the document and applied to conditional tags.
The template’s equation size and font settings, custom math element definitions, and FrameMath reference pages are copied into the document. If a custom math element in the document is deleted when the reference pages are merged, FrameMaker replaces the math element in equations with the name of the element enclosed by question marks.
On Japanese-language systems, the specifications for combined Japanese and Western fonts are merged into the document and applied to text that uses combined fonts.