Resizing reference pages in FM 8 [ADDENDUM]

[Hedley Finger]

All:

ADDENDUM: Windows XP SP3, FrameMaker 8.0p277

I am developing a new template by recycling an old template.  The new
template has a different page size and, although all the format names
are the same, the format definitions are different.


How surprising to find that the first reference page had acquired the
new page size but all the other ref pages still had the old template's
page size.  I saved the partly customised template to MIF, opened it in
Notepad++ (it supports Unicode) and changed all the <PageSize 210.0 mm
297.0 mm> lines in the ReferencePage definitions to <PageSize 150.0 mm
225.0 mm>, then saved the template.mif file.


Opening the MIF file in FM 8 now showed reference pages (other than the
first, which was correct) were now dimensioned 150 mm High x 210 mm
Wide.   So where is the MIF file (or FM) remembering one dimension but
applying the other incorrectly?  Note that page width precedes page
height in a <PageSize ...> statement for BodyPage, MasterPage, and
ReferencePage elements.


Probably not a high priority for Adobe to fix but it sure confuses the
users when they are confronted by this departure from the page sizes
elsewhere in the template.  Any explanations welcome, the wilder the better.


Regards,
Hedley


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Hedley Finger


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Hedley Finger

28 Regent Street   Camberwell VIC 3124   Australia
Tel. +61 3 9809 1229   Fax. (call phone first)
Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558
Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger at handholding.com.au>