how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

[Combs, Richard]

Peter Gold wrote: 
 
> I don't have FrameMaker available now, but IIRC, there's a setting
> under Edit > Update that can turn off automatic checking of links when
> a file is opened. I can't remember if it's book-wide, document-wide,
> or application-wide, depending on the active context when you set it.

When a document has focus, you can select Edit > Update References. In the dialog box, select Commands > Suppress Automatic Updating, and then choose which updates to suppress -- cross-references, text insets, and/or OLE links. 

When a book has focus, you can use Edit > Suppress Automatic Reference Updating to affect all files in the book. Interestingly, the description in the dialog box says it suppresses updates of cross-references and text insets, but doesn't mention OLE links. I don't use OLE in FM, so I don't know if that's an oversight in the description or if the book-level suppression really doesn't apply to those. 

In any case, setting this option at the book level is a good idea for those older documents Syed mentioned that you may need to open from time to time, but that shouldn't be changed. 


Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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