Templates for international use

[Writer]

I used to work for a company that had its head office in Europe. We used A4 size paper in our template, but whenever I needed to print something for a local user, I would make a PDF, and then print the PDF to 8.5 x 11 paper with the setting Shrink to fit enabled. It made things a bit smaller, but not significantly.

Nadine

--- On Fri, 9/17/10, Roy Lewis <roy_g_lewis at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Roy Lewis <roy_g_lewis at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Templates for international use
> To: "Framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 12:38 PM
> Our international offices have agreed
> to begin using Framemaker to create locale specific
> documentaion. They will use the same tags and formats we do,
> but things like paper size being different will surely have
> some impact on the general page layout, master pages etc.
> 
> First, I am trying to compile a list of things to check to
> ensure I have covered everything. If anyone has done this
> before and is willing to share things to watch for, I would
> appreciate it.
> 
> Second, Is it necessary to maintain a completely separate
> set of templates just because of the different page size? I
> would rather not have to maintain templates that have only
> 5% differences.
> 
> Thirdly, if parallel templates are required, what is the
> easiest method for maintaining the changes? and keeping the
> templates synchronized?
> 
> Any and all suggestions or comments are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roy Lewis
> Kronos Incorporated.
> 
> 
> 
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