I agree with Rick Quatro. -----Original Message----- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+flummerc=nv.doe....@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 1:06 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Framers] Pros/Cons: Separate file per chapter, or one REALLY BIG FILE for an entire book
I thought you were talking about separate .fm files for ease of generating separate PDFs. Otherwise, individual .fm files for each chapter seem to me like a relic of the days when computers didn't have enough memory to handle a whole book. If you have to embed the graphics, that might be a special case for multiple .fm files. On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: > The book PDFs usually run in the 3-10MB range. Individual chapters in > FM format can run up to 30MB or more. And as Rick said, we're talking > about a single FM file per chapter in a book, then generating a single > PDF for the book, not separate PDFs for each chapter. > > (I wish we could reference images, but we've got an "interesting" > hybrid setup that also involves a content management system, and the > unstructured FM users have to embed the graphics.) > > > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Robert Lauriston > <rob...@lauriston.com> > wrote: >> >> I always do one file, unless it gets so big that there are download >> problems. Then everything can be cross-referenced. You can have >> cross-PDF links, but they're more problematic. As a user, I always >> find it frustrating when large documents are split up. >> >> How big is the file if you generate one big PDF for the book? >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Pretty much what it says in the title. I'm guessing there have been >> > discussions about this in the past, and I plan to look for those, >> > but I thought I'd toss this out there anyway. >> > >> > We're talking chapters that can run a couple hundred (or more) >> > pages loaded with tables, graphics, and conditional text so that >> > they can be used to single-source multiple documents (no, don't >> > talk to me about DITA, my non-tech-writing boss wants it in >> > unstructured). _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
