Creating a new project

This section describes how to use the Project Launcher dialog box and New Project wizard to create a new project.

Note: You can have more than one project open at one time.

Here's how to create a new WebWorks Publisher Standard Edition project:

  1. Start WebWorks Publisher Standard Edition. The Project Launcher dialog box is displayed.
  2. Note: If the Project Launcher window doesn't appear automatically, select File>New to display it.



  3. In the Create a New Project section, select a template. See Template basics for details.
  4. Click OK. The New Project Wizard window is displayed.


  5. In the top field, type a name for your project.
  6. By default, WebWorks Publisher stores projects in a "projects" folder where WebWorks Publisher itself is installed. If you want to change where this project is stored, click the Browse button and select a different folder.
  7. Note: If you want to change the projects folder later, you can do so in the Project window's Options tab. See Setting project options.

  8. If you are using the International Edition of Publisher, select the default character set for the source file's language. Otherwise, do not change the default character set.
  9. Click the Next button. The New Project Wizard Add Documents window is displayed.


  10. Click the Browse button to locate the FrameMaker file or book you want to add to the project. (In Microsoft Windows, you can select multiple files.)
  11. If you select a book file, WebWorks Publisher Standard Edition scans the book file and inserts every file in the book into your project. The book file itself is not stored in the project.

  12. If your FrameMaker documents use SGML elements (instead of paragraph and character tags), select the This content has SGML elements I want to map instead of styles check box.
  13. Click the Next button. The New Project Wizard Mappings window is displayed, where you set up your initial paragraph and character mappings.


  14. The FrameMaker list on the left shows the paragraph tags used in your documents. The WebWorks Publisher Standard Edition list on the right shows the corresponding styles in Publisher.

    Publisher may automap some styles. Automapping means that WebWorks Publisher Standard Edition automatically assigns a Publisher style to a FrameMaker tag.

  15. Assign mappings to your FrameMaker paragraph tags as appropriate. Don't worry about getting this exactly right; you can always change the mappings later. Here are some general tips:
  1. When you are finished with the paragraph mappings, click the Characters subtab at the bottom of the window.
  2. This displays the mappings for your character tags.



  3. The character tag mapping works just like the paragraph mapping-assign mappings to your character tags as appropriate.
  4. Click Next. The final New Project Wizard window is displayed.


  5. Unless you plan to create new styles or make further customizations, click the Yes, go ahead and convert the content now radio button. (Large files make take several minutes to process-if you want to generate the project later to save time, click the No, I'll convert the content later radio button.)
  6. Click the Finish button. Publisher generates your output files and displays the main Publisher project window.

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