oversized drawings, schematics in book

[Kara Fiechtner]

Hi Art,
That is a good idea.

The final will be delivered in PDF format.

The next question is - How do I generate a PDF that reads the different page
sizes? When I print the file to a PS file, I have to specify the page size (
8.5 x 11). When I distill and look at the final PDF, it has cropped the
oversized page to 11 x 8.5. (Interesting that it reads that this page is
landscape and not portrait, but doesn't account for the larger page size.)

I also tested by just doing a Save As from the BOOK file, but the final PDF
has the same output.

Any ideas on how to preserve the different page sizes?

thanks,
Kara


On 2/15/07, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Kara,
> Are you printing the guide or delivering in .PDF format, or something
> else?
> Do the drawings have to stay full-size or can you reduce them, like to
> 11x17 so they'd fit better?
>
> My first thought is to create an FM document template with 11x17
> pages. Then create a discrete FM file for each drawing, shrink each
> drawing to fit the 11x17 page size, and add these files to your FM
> book file wherever they're supposed to go.
>
> Art
>
> On 2/15/07, Kara Fiechtner <karafie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello-
> >
> > I'm working on a Service Guide where I need to include a significant
> number
> > of schematics and Engineering drawings.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a reader-friendly and easy way to include oversized
> > schematics and drawings in a FrameMaker book?
> >
> >
> >
> > I'll be receiving the files in PDF format (size is 22" x 14", where the
> rest
> > of the book is 8.5 x 11). I won't need to make any edits except to
> remove
> > the company-specific information. (I think I will trim off the excess
> > information in Acrobat Professional.)
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kara
> > _______________________________________________
>
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