Circular text flow?

[Writer]

Someone suggested I look at the recent "imposition" thread.

I'm surprised that this format is this hard in FM since it's a DTP tool (I can do it easily in Word, I'm loathe to admit). No wonder it's called an imposition.

http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-July/020732.html

Nadine

--- On Wed, 7/21/10, Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> From: Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: Circular text flow?
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 9:00 AM
> Can I do this in FrameMaker 9.
> 
> I want to create a pamphlet/booklet that has a front and a
> back. In FM, it would be two pages, landscape with a text
> flow that looks like this:
> 
> 4 | 1
> -----
> 2 | 3
> 
> Where 1 is where the text flow starts, and 2 > 3 > 4
> is the direction it continues. This document is printed
> double-sided, and then folded in half along the middle to
> create a booklet.
> 
> However, when I try to connect the text frames in that
> order, I get an error message that says:
> 
> "This connection is not possible. You may be trying to
> connect two text frames that would result in a circular test
> flow, or you may be trying to connect to a PostScript Code
> text flow."
> 
> I don't have a lot of experience messing around with text
> frames and text flow. Is what I want possible? Am I missing
> a step? Do I need to rename the Flow Tag in the Object
> properties dialog box?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Nadine
> 
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