Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

[Fred Ridder]

I can't think of any easy way to get FrameMaker to do this, because running a graphic through the gutter is typically a problematic thing to do. If you're delivering a PDF that anyone is ever going to turn into hard copies, they are probably going to lose some amount of the graphic because most office printers have at least some non-printable margin at some or all edges of the page. A real page layout program (e.g., InDesign) would probably let you do this, since it's fairly common to have a background image that bleeds through the gutter, because in that kind of situation it doesn't really matter if part of the image cannot be seen. But a screenshot with callouts can't afford to have a dead area down the middle.
 
What *can* be done in FrameMaker is to include a double-width page in the book--basically a fold-out. The key distinction here is that it's a single oversize page (usually a recto) rather than two facing pages of the standard size.
 
-Fred Ridder
 



From: Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:43:37 -0700
Subject: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book









This is a question for a fellow tech writer who can be reached at "karlmeinert at hotmail dot com" if you want to talk to him directly.
 
He is running Windows 7 with FM9 p230 (but will be updating his patches shortly).
 
 
Karl says;
 
"Basically I want to have a graphic spanning a 2-page spread (left page - right page) within a chapter. When I tried making a master page 11x17, it applied to all master pages. Same when trying to edit a single body page. 
 
I'm not sure how relevant this is but I had to reinstall FM and disable the "PDF creation" install option because it would not work with this system. "
 
 
His first e-mail to me also said:
 
"I'm thinking of adding an 11x17 page in my book to display a screenshot with many callouts, but i can't figure out how to apply this page formatting to only one "page". The intent would be to have the page span page 2 and 3 of the chapter. Master pages doesn't like the idea much."
 
 
If anyone has any suggestions for him (I am anything but a Master Pages expert), he would appreciate the help.
 
Alison

 
 
Alison Craig
Lead Technical Writer
 
604-279-8550 x127 | fax 604-279-8559
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation | www.ultrasonix.com 
 
 
 

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