framers Digest, Vol 60, Issue 16

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Alan,

You're right that 'The page shown onscreen in Framemaker (and different to
page layout programs like InDesign that include the pasteboard) is the
physical page that is enclosed by crop/trim marks' - but you're assumption
that nothing outside these page borders can be printed is not correct.

When printing from FM with the option 'registration marks' activated (either
Western or Japanese) the printing paper size should be larger than the
document's page size. Otherwise the registration marks won't fit. Therefore
it is also possible to put FM elements in that area, indeed for creating
die-cut prints.

Becky's approach is correct and will give the expected results. Printing to
PDF directly will cut off the frame and show a bleeding tab.

There have been more posts on this list about best practices for bleeding
tabs, even tabs that 'walk' with your chapter numbering or display based on
conditional settings. What these have in common is that the graphic
container (table or frame) runs off the page.


Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,
Wim Hooghwinkel
iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant
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