Adobe framemaker 6.0 User Manual

ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 6.0

Create the template document in a FrameMaker product. Define the paragraph and character formats, 
table formats, variable and cross-reference formats, master pages, and any other formatting and page 
layout information that your document needs. Generally, a template contains some sample lines that illus-
trate each format in the document. Save the completed template as a MIF file. For more information about 
creating templates, see your user’s manual.

You need to edit the resulting MIF file to extract just the formatting and page layout information. 

Delete the MIFFile statement.

Search for the first body page and locate its TextRect statement.

To find the first body page, search for the first occurrence of <PageType BodyPage>. Suppose the first 

body page in your MIF file looks like this:

<Page

<Unique 45155>

<PageType BodyPage >

<PageNum `1'>

<PageSize

8.5" 11.0">

<PageOrientation Portrait >

<PageAngle 0.0>

<PageBackground `Default'>

<TextRect

<ID 7>

<Unique 45158>

<Pen 15>

<Fill 15>

<PenWidth

1.0 pt>

<ObColor `Black'>

<DashedPattern

<DashedStyle Solid>

> # end of DashedPattern

<ShapeRect

1.0" 1.0" 6.5" 9.0">

<TRNext 0>

> # end of TextRect

> # end of Page

The ID for the TextRect on this body page is 7. Remember this ID number. If there is more than one 
TextRect on the body page, remember the ID of the first one.

Locate the text flow associated with the TextRect statement on the first body page and delete it.

Suppose you are working with the previous example. You would search for the statement <TextRectID 7> 
to locate the text flow. It might look similar to the following: