[Framers] Pros/Cons: Separate file per chapter, or one REALLY BIG FILE for an entire book

[Rick Quatro]

The issue is not a single PDF versus separate PDFs for each chapter. The
issue is separate FrameMaker files for each chapter. With separate chapters
managed in a FrameMaker book, you still create a single PDF for your output.

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From: Framers
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Of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 2:44 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Pros/Cons: Separate file per chapter, or one REALLY
BIG FILE for an entire book

I always do one file, unless it gets so big that there are download
problems. Then everything can be cross-referenced. You can have cross-PDF
links, but they're more problematic. As a user, I always find it frustrating
when large documents are split up.

How big is the file if you generate one big PDF for the book?

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pretty much what it says in the title. I'm guessing there have been 
> discussions about this in the past, and I plan to look for those, but 
> I thought I'd toss this out there anyway.
>
> We're talking chapters that can run a couple hundred (or more) pages 
> loaded with tables, graphics, and conditional text so that they can be 
> used to single-source multiple documents (no, don't talk to me about 
> DITA, my non-tech-writing boss wants it in unstructured).
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