Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book

[David Spreadbury]

There is a very nice discussion on this very topic at

http://objectmix.com/adobe-framemaker/218597-mixed-page-size-framemaker.html

Mixing page sizes in one template is not the way to go. As Richard points out.

--- On Thu, 6/23/11, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com> wrote:

From: Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com>
Subject: RE: Adding 11x17 Master Page into a file in a book
To: "Tim Pann" <TPann at telecomsys.com>, "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 4:34 PM

Tim Pann wrote:
 
> With all due respect, "the way it's supposed to work"? If Adobe
> gathered 100 Technical Writers together and asked them whether they
> would rather A) be able to create a new Master Page with a different
> page size in the same file; or B) generate a book even if they wouldn't
> otherwise need one and create a separate file dedicated to the
> different page size and then add it to the book and then go about
> setting all of the pagination etc. etc.... I think the vote would
> indicate how it's "supposed" to work, and I doubt 'B' would get the
> majority of the votes.

OK, I'll rephrase: it's the way that's consistent with the design philosophy behind FM. As I said, this is the way the creators of FM intended it to work. 

If you're correct, that's too bad. Because the people who prefer A don't understand FM's book/file paradigm, and they don't realize that putting the oversized page in a separate file is at least as easy as -- if not easier than -- ensuring that text reflow doesn't mess up their lovely mixed-sizes-in-one-file pagination. :-) 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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