Link Template or Master Page

[DaveO]

I have about 70 different brochures to create from a tri-folded, letter
sized, duplex printed sheet of paper. Many of the elements are identical.
This seemed to be the perfect place for a template, which I then created.
About twenty brochures into the project, we decided that some of the wording
in a text box listing services offered which is in the template should be
changed. Unfortunately, this requires that these changes be made to each of
the 20+ brochures that have been created.

This was not my intent. What I wished to create is a common template (or a
Master Page) which could be LINKED to all of the brochures. This would allow
a simple change of the linked template/master page and have all of the
brochures inherit the change on the next printing. I have not found a way to
do this. Linking a text file will not do the job, since I also need to honor
formatting changes that may also be made (font sizes, paragraph spacing, etc.)

Failing finding a way to link this information, I next made the change to
the common text box in the template. Then I tried to copy and past it into
the existing brochures. However, the copy/paste operation of the text box
(or the text withing the box) does not maintain formatting information
(line/paragraph spacing, font size) so that still has to be manually
reapplied.

Is there a better way? Can I programmically import master pages from some
common source and apply them.

Thanks for any ideas.

Dave

 

[DaveO]

I was afraid of getting that answer.

My other choice of copy/paste would not be too bad if it worked. I did try
copying the entire text box and pasting it into to document to be updated.
Formatting is also NOT maintained. Paragraph spacing and font size are
changed on the pasted texted box.