Graphics that are too large

[Judie Vegh]

Yes, I considered the table usage soon after I wrote that comment. 

What I am trying to achieve is much like the set-up in a Flash MX manual
I've been looking through. I like the use of two column text, though I
think the headers need to be defined more. I've found a problem with
graphics we have that are too large to fit into one side of the column,
so I wanted it to span the width of the page at the bottom. So this is
kind of like an upside down "T" structure where the left column is text,
the right column is figures, and the bottom of the page (when needed) is
reserved for large screenshots, a table, or possibly text that may have
a short story to enhance upon and related to the material covered.

I'm not new to using FrameMaker, but I'm new to actually creating styles
and templates, and am trying to figure out my boundaries of what is
feasible and what is not. 

Thanks so much for your input and to everyone else who's contributed to
my FrameMaker knowledge! :) 

Judie
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 1:22 PM
To: Judie Vegh
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Graphics that are too large

It'd be much easier to import the screen shots into anchored frames
and set the frames to span both columns (what I'd recommend) and/or to
go to the bottom of the page... That would also allow them to float in
the text as it is modified.

Playing with special master pages would force you to manually
repaginate whenever your content changed...

Art



On 6/18/07, Judie Vegh <Judie.Vegh at onbase.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I am currently in the process of creating a new style for some
manuals.
> I really like manuals that have two columns per page, one column
> designated for text and steps, the other designated for images and
> figures. Unfortunately, some of the screenshots that I have to take
are
> large, and even scaling them down by DPI in the Object Properties
dialog
> box, won't benefit the manual because they don't look nice when output
> to a PDF.
>
>
>
> I feel that the easiest solution would be to create a master page with
> two columns and another master page that allows for room for a large
> graphic at the bottom of the page and apply it as I need it, but is
this
> really fast and efficient? I feel like it will cause more headaches
than
> ease-of-use.
>
>
>
> What would anyone suggest doing to remedy these large graphics
(besides
> not using them), and allow it to be efficient?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Judie
>
>
>
>
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