RE: FM Book - New file = New page?

2011-05-30 Thread mathieu jacquet

Thank you all -

In fact I'm trying to find the best possible way to atomize (or 
modularize...or granularize..I don't know which term suits best) our 
information, to avoid redundancy and be able to reuse redundant content easily 
between books. This was an option in my mind (create files including atomic 
information, then assemble them as needed in books). But as pointed out by 
Richard and others, better use text insets instead.

Cheers and thank you again !
Mathieu.

 From: richard.co...@polycom.com
 To: bobi...@hotmail.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:00:45 -0700
 Subject: RE: FM Book - New file = New page?
 
 mathieu jacquet wrote:
  
  Just one short question : is it possible to have the content of one
  file of a book appear directly under the content of the preceding file
  (when publishing as pdf), and not on a new page? If so, what kind of
  setting does it require ?
 
 No. In keeping with FM's book paradigm, an FM file is intended to be a 
 chapter/section. For each file, you decide whether it starts on a right, 
 left, or next available page. 
 
 I suspect it would be quite difficult to program the application to flow text 
 across chapter files without treating each as a discreet entity. And I don't 
 see the point. If you want a section of text to follow the preceding section 
 without a page break, just add it to that chapter file. 
 
 Or, if that section of text is something you want to include in multiple 
 places, put it in a file by itself and then import it (by reference) as a 
 text inset into the chapter files where you want it to appear.
 
 
 Richard G. Combs
 Senior Technical Writer
 Polycom, Inc.
 richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
 303-223-5111
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 rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
 303-903-6372
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RE: FM Book - New file = New page?

2011-05-28 Thread Combs, Richard
mathieu jacquet wrote:
 
 Just one short question : is it possible to have the content of one
 file of a book appear directly under the content of the preceding file
 (when publishing as pdf), and not on a new page? If so, what kind of
 setting does it require ?

No. In keeping with FM's book paradigm, an FM file is intended to be a 
chapter/section. For each file, you decide whether it starts on a right, left, 
or next available page. 

I suspect it would be quite difficult to program the application to flow text 
across chapter files without treating each as a discreet entity. And I don't 
see the point. If you want a section of text to follow the preceding section 
without a page break, just add it to that chapter file. 

Or, if that section of text is something you want to include in multiple 
places, put it in a file by itself and then import it (by reference) as a text 
inset into the chapter files where you want it to appear.


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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