[Framers] Print .fms continuously on page?

Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 09:29:03 PDT 2016


You really need to learn to write FrameScripts.
Yes, it's possible, but I'm not a coder either...
Time to call Rick Quatro. ;- )


Art Campbell
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Nancy Allison <maker at verizon.net> wrote:

>     Hi, all.
>    I've just imported a ~150 topic help file into FrameMaker. Each topic
>    is a separate .fm file (usually short) that starts with a Heading 1.
>    I'd like to divide those .fm files into chapter segments, insert a
>    chapter-title .fm at appropriate points, and print the resulting book
>    file like a regular book. The TOC organization and file lengths look
>    like this:
>    Ch_01_Overview of the Thing.fm
>       imported .fm file 1, (1.2 pages long)
>       imported .fm file 2, (1.5 pages long)
>       imported .fm file 3, (3.1 pages long)
>     Ch_02_Installation.fm
>       imported .fm file 4, (1.2 pages long)
>       imported .fm file 5, (3.1 pages long)
>       imported .fm file 6, (0.7 pages long)
>       imported .fm file 7, (1 pages long)
>     Ch_03_Configuration.fm
>       imported .fm file 8, (0.2 pages long)
>       imported .fm file 9, (4.2 pages long)
>       imported .fm file 10, (0.9 pages long)
>
>    I want each chapter to start on a new page, but I want all the .fm
>    files within the chapter to print after each other continuously with no
>    page breaks between them.
>    Is that possible? Or do I need to move the content of the imported .fm
>    file into the Chapter .fm file and just have one large .fm file per
>    chapter?
>    Thanks.
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