Kristy,

In my opinion, I think most would agree, page breaks are just about the
only acceptable override in non-structured documents. As you point out,
sometimes you need to fix awkward breaks.

I don't work with structured documents a lot, but I think the printed
layout gets compromised somewhat because it is so difficult to control
from within the structure.

Clint


Clinton Owen | Senior Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics |
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kristy Nolan
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:39 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Overrides a necessary evil?

Hi, all!

I realize this dilemma is opinion-based, but here goes:
In structured FrameMaker, in theory there shouldn't be any overrides,
right? They should have all been "accounted for" when devising the
structure. So everyone (at least in theory) should be writing/formatting
the same way. 

What about page breaks? I understand the widow/orphan capabilities, but
sometimes it still looks awkward - it would look better (and reads
better) to move a whole section to the next page.

Any opinions either way? Or any good reasons why one is better than the
other?

Thanks for the input!
Kristy

Kristy Nolan
Publications Specialist
Ground Ops Publications DAL-3TR
Southwest Airlines
Dallas, TX 75235


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