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

[Jakob Fix]

Thanks Stuart, all very useful information. It's been some time that I
haven't used FrameMaker in-depth ...

Jakob.



On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 18:24, Stuart Rogers
<srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com> wrote:
> Jakob Fix wrote:
>>
>> Richard, I should have said this in my initial message, but yes I
>> checked this and found the Pagination > Start: Anywhere for the first
>> paragraph (which is actually the table itself).
>
> The table itself, the Table Title pgf, or the pgf containing the table
> anchor?  All three have their own Start settings that you should check.
>
>>
>> On the second page the only thing that's visible (if text symbols is
>> toggled on) is the § sign. Another observation for which I don't have
>> an explanation is that the page numbers that are displayed in the
>> status bar for each book component file are followed by an asterisk,
>> like this: Pages: 180-181 *  Does that mean they've been modified?
>
> The asterisk means the file has been modified, although you may not have
> modified the content yourself.  Something as simple as changing the zoom
> counts as "modification".  Also, if you generate a TOC or cross-reference
> from another file, FM inserts markers thereby also modifying the files.
>
>>
>> Oh, and we're not using chapters at all (at least not knowingly). The
>> numbering for chapters is "as is" -- I could change this to "continue
>> numbering from previous file".
>
> Each file that is part of a book is commonly called a "chapter", whether you
> title it as such or not.  The numbering properties don't affect pagination,
> so don't worry about changing that.
>
> HTH
>
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