[Framers] PDFs in a FM book file
Lin Sims
ljsims.ml at gmail.com
Tue Mar 21 07:00:28 PDT 2017
If by a dynamic form you're talking about a PDF form that can be filled in
and saved, then yes, it can. There's a plugin for forms call Forms
Assistant. Fillable fields, drop-down selection, radio buttons, check
marks, the works. I took one of his courses years ago, and the order form
was a PDF he made using Frame and TimeSavers. It was very slick.
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:46 AM, David Artman <david at davidartman.com> wrote:
> Oh, yes, I'm well aware of MicroType TimeSavers. I do not think they
> will do dynamic forms, though.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Framers] PDFs in a FM book file
> From: Lin Sims <[1]ljsims.ml at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, March 20, 2017 4:18 pm
> To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software."
> <[2]framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Dave,
> If you want to create forms and other things in Frame for output to
> PDF,
> check out Shlomo Perets' Microtypes website. His TimeSavers tools
> insert
> postscript code into Frame files to do things like create dynamic
> forms.
> [3]http://microtype.com/showcase.html
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:52 PM, David Artman
> <[4]david at davidartman.com> wrote:
> > You can use Acrobat Pro to append a PDF file to another PDF file, in
> > whole or in part, and (IIRC) at any location using Document > Insert
> > Pages.
> >
> > Yes, this adds a step (or more!) to workflow. Yes, the inserted PDF
> > will have its own footers, etc; and thus, you might have to do some
> > fancy footwork with page numbering in the two source files to get it
> > all to align. Yes, any other autonumbering will be similarly
> > problematic, requiring you to force it to start with a specific value
> > (e.g., n=25). But you'll have a PDF "in" another PDF.
> >
> > As for "is [it] recommended", I think it's a good practice if you get
> > content from a business partner, legal, or some other entity that
> would
> > not want you to have any chance of editing it. (Hmm... but such a
> > locked-down PDF might not be appendable, in part or in whole, to
> > another one? And you can always use Advanced Text Tools on unlocked
> > PDFs, so maybe this use case ISN'T a good one! You'd probably have to
> > insert into FrameMaker as full-page "images" if locked down.)
> >
> > OK, another use case is a PDF created in another editor, for example
> a
> > dynamic form made in LiveCycle Designer. VERY hard to do such things
> in
> > FrameMaker, but easy in LCD. I've never tried that workflow, but it
> > seems kosher.
> >
> > Finally, you could have an 'example' PDF that is a sample of output
> > resulting from a process that is documented in the earlier PDF. That
> > would avoid you having to setup several master pages in the same book
> > to show the variations. OR, if you are, say, making a training manual
> > for using your publishing environment, and you want to show a sample
> of
> > all the output types, but Help won't append: make the Help output
> save
> > as PDF and then append tot he "how to" main PDF:
> >
> > * How To Run Output (1 PDF with 'internal style')
> >
> > ** PDF Output Example (1 PDF of single-sourced sample book with
> > 'external style')
> >
> > ** Help Output Example (1 PDF of single-sourced sample book rendered
> as
> > Help then exported/saved as PDF)
> >
> > ** (etc.)
> >
> > So, sure! It's recommended in cases where sourcing everything in
> > FrameMaker is impossible, too time consuming, or a poor content-reuse
> > scenario. Hope this helps;
> >
> > David
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [Framers] PDFs in a FM book file
> > From: lklane64 <[1][5]lklane64 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, March 17, 2017 9:35 am
> > To: [2][6]framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > I was wondering if anyone answered the question about adding PDFs to
> a
> > FM book file. Does anyone know if this is possible or even
> > recommended?
> > Thanks in advance,Laura
> >
> > References
> >
> > 1. [7]mailto:lklane64 at gmail.com
> > 2. [8]mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com
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> 3. http://microtype.com/showcase.html
> 4. mailto:david at davidartman.com
> 5. mailto:lklane64 at gmail.com
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