(FM 9) layout for die-cut side tabs with text?
OK, I figured this out. For those curious about what I'm doing: I am setting up pages for die-cut tabs. The tabs extend beyond the trim lines of the page, just like manila folder tabs. I need to get some text on those tabs, which means I need to move a text box out there. Turns out you can position anything of any size off of the page, *as long as one edge of its bounding box is on the page*. And Frame makes it easy for you. Create an object (text box, filled object), and press CTL-ALT to move it off the page. Frame will move it until one edge is right at the page edge and no farther. Create a PDF with trim marks. You will see the object outside of the page. The hard part is calculating how to position the text boxes. You have to figure out the horizontal and vertical center of each tab, then how big to make the text box to center it's middle on that point. Cheers, Becky * All information contained in this email should be considered confidential and proprietary. *
FM9: correcting CMYK colors in PDF following save-as
Using FM9.0p237. I am a longtime user. I will be using FM9 to create PDFs for 4-color printing. Ach, the headaches! I know I have to use Save-As and de-select Convert CMYK Colors to RGB. (I know that this means FM uses its own Unix Postscript generator, and not the Industry Standards Distiller options that I *wish* it would use.) I do indeed get a pure CMYK PDF. Onscreen, the colors look good, but my printer tells me the color values are wrong. Example: CustomBlue is defined as 69.18.23.1 in FM, but it comes out as 68.8,32.2,0,0 in the PDF-very different color. Unless someone knows some FM fix for this, I will be correcting colors in the PDF. My question: Can people recommend the best software for this? Is Acrobat Pro 9 good enough? should I get the PitstopPro plugin? Other? We can't buy anything too expensive-can go up to $800 max. I hope that this is an OK question to ask. My apologies if it is not, please ignore if that is the case. Many thanks for your help, Becky * All information contained in this email should be considered confidential and proprietary. * ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FM9: correcting CMYK colors in PDF following save-as
Using FM9.0p237. I am a longtime user. I will be using FM9 to create PDFs for 4-color printing. Ach, the headaches! I know I have to use Save-As and de-select Convert CMYK Colors to RGB. (I know that this means FM uses its own Unix Postscript generator, and not the Industry Standards Distiller options that I *wish* it would use.) I do indeed get a pure CMYK PDF. Onscreen, the colors look good, but my printer tells me the color values are wrong. Example: CustomBlue is defined as 69.18.23.1 in FM, but it comes out as 68.8,32.2,0,0 in the PDF-very different color. Unless someone knows some FM fix for this, I will be correcting colors in the PDF. My question: Can people recommend the best software for this? Is Acrobat Pro 9 good enough? should I get the PitstopPro plugin? Other? We can't buy anything too expensive-can go up to $800 max. I hope that this is an OK question to ask. My apologies if it is not, please ignore if that is the case. Many thanks for your help, Becky * All information contained in this email should be considered confidential and proprietary. *
(FM 9) layout for die-cut side tabs with text?
We want to create a doc with manila-folder-style tabs on the chapter headers. The tabs are to be a solid color and have some text on them. I know how to create bleeding tabs and how to size and position the graphics box to allow for the die-cut trim. My problem is figuring how to get the text placed on the part of the tab that projects outside of the FM page edge. I put the text in a table, inside of a textbox, inside of the graphics box, and then rotated the table. So far so good. But Frame resists every effort to move it outside of the page. Partially moving the text box off the page, so that the bottom of the box is visible on the page, doesn't work. I am truly stumped. Can't find anything on the web about this. Anyone know how to do this? --Becky * All information contained in this email should be considered confidential and proprietary. *
