> What if you also had to switch from US to UK spelling when you switched from Letter to A4? What would be the most straightforward way to handle that?
Variables. Then just define each variable as having the UK spelling in your A4 template and the US spelling in your letter template. The only painful thing is that you may have to define two variables per word to capture cases with and without caps (e.g. "colour" and "Colour"). I'd be asking the decision maker whether it's really worth it to customise the spelling. Will it really affect your sales or reputation? Another question is whether the product interface spelling changes with location. You'd want to match it in the docs. We use US spelling globally, in both the interface and the docs. No-one's ever complained. Cheers Rebecca >>> Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> 22/02/13 07:11 >>> Here?s a ?what if? scenario to layer on top of the Letter vs A4 sizing issue (clever solution Nadine ? I?ll keep that in mind for my Service Manual)? What if you also had to switch from US to UK spelling when you switched from Letter to A4? What would be the most straightforward way to handle that? Also, does anyone know the equivalent custom paper size ?fudge? for switching between Tabloid (11x17) and the closest European paper size? Alison From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 8:44 AM To: Lise Bible; Post Framers Subject: Re: switch between 8.5x11 and A4 sized pages within the same book? You could try creating two separate templates (in FM files that are separate from the book and separate from each other). One template file is 8.5 x 11, and the other is A4. Both can contain all other attributes (paragraph styles, character styles, colour definitions, etc). Apply the first template when you want to create a PDF for the US market. Once that's complete, apply the second template to the book to create the PDF for the European market. Alternatively, you could use a processor that ignores your FM settings (that is, you would set up all your formatting in the processor), and then generate two different outputs. Nadine From: Lise Bible <rentagoodb...@gmail.com> To: Post Framers <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:57:12 AM Subject: switch between 8.5x11 and A4 sized pages within the same book? Fellow Framers, I'm mostly a lurker, but have found the wealth of knowledge shared by this list's members to be quite helpful! I have a manual (I'm on Frame 8) in which I've used conditional text to show/hide tables, text, parts lists depending on if it's for the American market or European. This manual originated for a US-made product so it started life with 8.5x11 (US-letter size) pages. And it didn't even occur to me that it might need to be A4-sized for the European market. Is there a good way to switch back and forth between A4 and 8.5x11 page sizes, depending on which version of a book you want to print? I have the sneaking suspicion that I will have to break this into two separate books, but I figured I'd ask to see if anyone had recommendations. Thanks, Lise -- Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130222/ab5a280a/attachment.html>
