Fred Ridder wrote: > In response to Jo Watkiss, Art Campbell wrote: > >> Glad you solved the problem. Adobe PDF logical printers print books >> in a single step as the default behaviour... As far as I know, the >> only way to get it to print into separate files is to specify >> separate files on the FM print dialog box, to get around the >> default. So I'd suggest really looking at all the checkboxes on the >> Print dialog box.to see what you're specifying. Generate Acrobat >> must be checked, but Print To File and Separate files should be >> OFF. > > > Perhaps what is confusing Jo is that whenever you toggle the Generate > Acrobat Data option from unchecked to checked, it also automatically > selects the Print To File option. You can then uncheck Print To File > without affecting the Generate Acrobat Data setting, but you have to > remember to do it. On my first go at producing a PDF from a book, I > forget that step as often as I remember it, and I periodically have > to purge my system of all the unneeded and unused PS files that I > created in those "D'oh!!!" moments. > > But I agree that I have never observed the Separate Files option be > selected as the default. >
I think Jo said she is using 6.0, which may not have the separate files option. But I seem to remember that early versions of FM would produce a separate PDF per chapter when printing from the book window if you put an asterisk (only) in the filename box for Print to file. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Developers explain How the Product Works. Technical writers explain How to Work the Product."
