Page Numbering Problem

[Fred Ridder]

The key to making this work is to set the pagination properties from the book file rather than from the individual file and do *not* specify the starting page side except for the first file in the book (which will presumably start on a right page). What you need to use is the "Next Available" option for the starting page, and that option is only availabe from the book file. (An individual file has no knowledge of what precedes it so "next available" is a meanigless concept for an isolated file.) Keep the "Delete Empty Pages" option as-is and you should be all set after doing an Update Book. Note that you can set "Next Available for multiple files by selecting all files that will have the same properties in the book window, right-clicking on the selection, and choosing Pagination from the context menu.

-Fred Ridder

 
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:52:52 -0800
> From: techtransfer at sbcglobal.net
> Subject: Page Numbering Problem
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 
> FrameMaker 7.0 (there are still some of us)
> Windows XP Pro
> 
> What am is doing wrong or what do I need to do? The problem I am having is that FM now adds a blank page no matter what settings I use and I can't figure out why. The only change from the previous version is that the chapter now has two pages instead of one, but FM insists on adding a third page. I compared this version's settings with the previous version. They are the same. I also compared the settings for the upstream and downstream chapters. They are also the same. I've also compared the books' settings -- Ditto. The book settings are as follows:
> 
> Under Format/Page Layout/Pagination
> - Double Sided (I have left and right master pages)
> - Left Side (the chapter should begin on the left page)
> - Delete Empty Pages
> 
> Under Format/Document/Numbering/Page
> - Continue Numbering from Previous Page in Book
> 
> This chapter should be pages 18-19. When I renumber the book, Frame adds a blank page 20 and changes the Pagination to "Make Page Count Odd."
> 
> The settings are the identical for the chapter. I also checked the upstream and downstream chapters. They are set up the same way.
> 
> Any thoughts? (I am nearly to my wit's end with this problem.)
> 
> Howard
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