Tim Pann wrote: > With all due respect, "the way it's supposed to work"? If Adobe > gathered 100 Technical Writers together and asked them whether they > would rather A) be able to create a new Master Page with a different > page size in the same file; or B) generate a book even if they wouldn't > otherwise need one and create a separate file dedicated to the > different page size and then add it to the book and then go about > setting all of the pagination etc. etc.... I think the vote would > indicate how it's "supposed" to work, and I doubt 'B' would get the > majority of the votes.
OK, I'll rephrase: it's the way that's consistent with the design philosophy behind FM. As I said, this is the way the creators of FM intended it to work. If you're correct, that's too bad. Because the people who prefer A don't understand FM's book/file paradigm, and they don't realize that putting the oversized page in a separate file is at least as easy as -- if not easier than -- ensuring that text reflow doesn't mess up their lovely mixed-sizes-in-one-file pagination. :-) Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 ------
