Circular text flow?

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

Hi, all.

I am not sure I understand the reason for the hoopla yet - at least with regard to N-up booklet output. :)

I have done these kind of booklets in FrameMaker (or Word for that matter) without difficulty ... just by setting the page size correctly so that the pages do not have to "shrink to fit" when printed in this way.

It is my printer driver that does the printing in the correct sequence so that I can fold and saddle-stitch. For example, I do this with my old and ancient HP ink jet printer at my desk for proofing.

When I need automation or many booklets, our color Xerox printer even folds and saddle-stitch staples automatically (quite nice!).

Of course, folding is not useful for more than about 12 to 16 pages (i.e., 3 to 4 sheets of paper) because the paper edges start poking out a bit "on the right" with anything more than 20-lb paper.

So ... am I missing something in this discussion?

Z

BTW, why is this all called "imposition"? I have to admit that I have not heard that term used in this context before!

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:36 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Circular text flow?

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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