<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>You still haven't said what you use to create the PDF. However, I wouldn't bother trying to set up the columns, pages size, etc in the authoring environment because really all you are creating at that point is unformatted XML. I would apply all the formatting using the whatever it is you use to create the PDF. For example, if you're creating the PDF by going from DITA > FM > PDF, I would create a template to apply to the FM files. <br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>I have seen references to some plug-ins for FM that allow you to control the defaults for anchored frames, but I've never used them.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>They are:</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>ImpGraph by Bruce Foster (I'm not sure if this is still available as Mr. Foster passed
away recently).</span></div><div>ShrinkWrapAsIs.dll (http://martinek.us/shrinkwrap.html).</div><div><br></div><div>Let us know how you resolve your problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Nadine<br></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Pattie Alsop <PAlsop@tweddle.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Writer <generic668@yahoo.ca>; "framers@lists.frameusers.com" <framers@lists.frameusers.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:34:01 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: Frame 9 - setting
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">DITA Data is coming in directly from a content management system. We are trying to use FrameMaker as the authoring/editing tool, and the final deliverable would
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Legacy data is the issue, when it comes into frame all graphics are built as 1 column wide, but they are not scaled to fit within the graphic block. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">I don’t know if the best way to control it is through the EDD or read/write rules.
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">If I can’t get this to work soon they will go with another xml edit tool.
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">-Pattie</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 14, 2011 4:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pattie Alsop; framers@lists.frameusers.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Frame 9 - setting specific graphic sizes in dita xml jobs</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">What kind of output are you creating? What applications are you using to create your output?</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Nadine</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> Pattie Alsop <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:PAlsop@tweddle.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:PAlsop@tweddle.com">PAlsop@tweddle.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> "<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:52:28 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Frame 9 - setting specific graphic sizes in dita xml jobs</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Hello all,
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I’m relatively new to Frame 9. I have worked in previous versions but that was quite a few years ago.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">My problem is this:
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">DITA XML Job.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">EDD has entries for Figure and Image tags.
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Ex: Image …</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white;"><span style="color:black;">in all contexts</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white;"><span style="color:black;">insert imported graphic file
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">My page layout is landscape, 3 columns, so when this file opens in Frame, the graphic is cut off because it should display across the page, and not just in one column. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I need to be able to control the object properties(?) based on the image width attribute. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I have 3 different possible width values, 1 column, 2 column, and 3 columns wide.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">How do I achieve that? </span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Any help is greatly appreciated.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv781408624MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">-Pattie</span></div>
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