Localization and switch to A4 paper

[Daniel Doornbos]

Hi Melanie,

For my company, I prepare user documents in A5 size (one-half of an A4
page). An A4 page measures 8.27x11.69 inches, slightly taller and
narrower than 8.5x11-inch letter size paper. The USA is about the only
country in the world that uses this standard of paper sizing, everybody
else uses the metric A0 to A8 system.

Most laser printers can adjust the print size of a document that does
not match the size of the paper in the printer. Letter size documents
printed onto A4 paper, or vice versa, print at around 94% of the
original size. If that arrangement is OK, you may be able to keep using
your letter size template.

If you choose to develop a new template, you can base it on your
existing template and simply adjust the dimensions and placement of your
text boxes and other items to fit the new page. I suggest that you
hand-draw a set of page diagrams with all the template elements on them.
Calculate the new dimensions and write them on your diagram. Then
prepare your new template in FrameMaker. It may take a few tries to get
the template exactly the way you want. Set aside a few hours to work on
the template project.

Daniel Doornbos
Technical Writer
Promise Technology, Inc.
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Melanie Raney
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:13 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Localization and switch to A4 paper


Hi all,
My group is in the process of figuring out what is involved in
translating our docs into other languages. We have a translation vendor
and are well on our way to starting our first prototypes. Our first
issue is that we want to have some of the versions on A4 PDF/paper size,
but we have no idea what is involved. Our FM templates are set up for
8.5x11. We are wondering if we need to make a duplicate set of FM
templates--and we *really* don't want to do that. Anyone done this
before? Apologies if this has been answered previously. I looked through
the archive, but didn't find anything. Thanks much for any advice!
--
Melanie Raney 
Senior Information Developer 
Earth Decision Sciences
phone | 713 787 0746 x113
email | raney at earthdecision.com
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