Can't Get "Delete Empty Pages" to stick

[Stuart Rogers]

On 13/07/2012 7:12 PM, Alison Craig wrote:

>
> The problem is Appendix B. No matter what I do, I can’t get the
> *Pagination* option *Delete Empty Pages* to stick.
>
>
> Whenever I *Update* the file it always reverts to *Make Page Count Even*.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>

Alison,

I've opened your files and looked at the pagination settings.

All your files are set to Double-sided, first page Right.  And all your 
files coincidentally contain an even number of pages except for App. B 
and C (last file in the book), which have only one page of content each.

You don't see any blank pages in any of the files other than App. B 
because they already have an even number of pages of content, or (in the 
case of the one-page App. C) no file following.

But if App. B starts on page 17 and App. C starts on page 19, FM has no 
choice but to make the page count of App. B even by adding a blank page 
18 when you update the book.  FM changes the dialog box setting 
accordingly.  If you don't want the back of App. B's single page to be 
blank, you have to set App. C to start on Next Available, not Right.


The setting "Delete Empty Pages" would be more easily understood if it 
were called "Delete Unnecessary Empty Pages."   The purpose of the 
setting is to handle the situation where the addition of content has 
first increased the number of pages required to hold the flow, and 
deletion of content has subsequently reduced the number of pages 
required.  When you add content, FM automatically adds pages, but when 
the content shrinks, FM does *not* automatically delete pages left 
empty.  Hence there's the option when saving to delete such 
(unnecessary) blank pages.  But as in your App. B, sometimes blank pages 
are *necessary* to meet the requirement of double-sided and/or first 
page Right.

HTH,

-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
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