[Framers] Cannot get FM to drop the even-numbered blank page

[Fred Ridder]

The important thing to note is that the "Next Available" option for the starting page is only available when setting pagination from the book file. If you choose Pagination when a content file has focus, "Next Available" is not presented as a choice because that option makes no sense in the single file context (since there is no preceding chapter).

It's also important to note that misbehavior in any given chapter file can be caused by something other than "Next Available" being set for the *following* chapter, rather than any setting in the chapter that is misbehaving.

Of course, this all assumes that the objective is to have content on every page and for chapters not to care whether they start on a  recto (odd numbered) or verso (even numbered) page.

-FR

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From: Framers <framers-bounces+docudoc=hotmail.com at lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 9:02 PM
To: Nancy Allison
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Cannot get FM to drop the even-numbered blank page

Comprehensive list from Harro de Jong (thanks again) in 2013:

Blank pages at any position:
- Manual page break
- Page break in paragraph format or as paragraph override, or start:
top of page setting
- Table or graphic frame anchors (set to 'below current line', if the
table/figure is large enough that the table and anchor, plus any
paragraphs with 'keep with next' settings above the anchor, don't fit
on the page)
- tables/graphic frames that are too large to fit on a page
- Tables with too-greedy Keep with next/previous settings
- Tables with straddled columns
- Pages with disconnected text frames (or no body text frame at all)

Blank pages at the start or end of a chapter:
- rightclick chapter in book->Pagination->Make page count odd/even
(can add an empty page at end of chapter)
- rightclick chapter in book->Pagination-> 1st page side (can add an
empty page at the start of the chapter if it's set to anything other
than Next Available.)
- Page break in paragraph format or as paragraph override, or start:
top of page setting
- Master pages set to anything other than Left or Right
- Pages with graphic objects or text frames outside (or behind) the
body text frame
- Pages with an extra text frame that overlaps the body text frame

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Nancy Allison <maker at verizon.net> wrote:
>     Hi, all.
>    There are two clear, concise explanations about how to start each
>    chapter in your FM book on the next available blank page, whether left
>    or right. The two descriptions are here:
>    [1]https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-start-chapter
>    s-on-the-next-available-page/
>    [2]https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-automatically
>    -assigning-custom-master-pages/
>    I have done what they recommend, checked, and rechecked, and still FM
>    inserts a blank even-numbered page at the end of chapters that would
>    otherwise end on a left-handed page.
>    What am I missing?
>    Thank you, one and all.
>
> References
>
>    1. https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-start-chapters-on-the-next-available-page/
>    2. https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-automatically-assigning-custom-master-pages/
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