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January 25, 2011
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Eliminating blank pages caused by conditional text

  • January 25, 2011
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FM 8.0p277
Windows 7 32-bit

My PDF file contains extra blank pages caused by hidden conditional text. All files are set to "Delete empty pages." Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks!
Karen

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      peter minneapolis
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      January 25, 2011

      Karen Story wrote:

      FM 8.0p277
      Windows 7 32-bit

      My PDF file contains extra blank pages caused by hidden conditional text. All files are set to "Delete empty pages." Is there anything else I need to do?

      Thanks!
      Karen

      The pages aren't truly empty, the empty pages use custom master pages, or both . Turn on View > Text Symbols to see if carriage returns remain after hiding conditioned text. Select rogue empty document pages, then View > Master Pages to see which masters apply to them. If the masters are not Left or Right, they are custom.

      HTH

      Regards,

      Peter

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      Anonymous
      January 25, 2011

      Hi Peter,

      Thanks for responding!

      The blank pages do not use custom master pages and do not have any empty carriage returns. However, because of the way the page break happens to fall, the marker for the hidden conditional text is the only thing on the blank page. If a hidden condition marker is the only thing on a page, can FM not delete the page?

      Also, is there any way that FM can ignore a file in the book that is 100% conditional, and not create any pages for it in the PDF?

      Thanks,

      Karen

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      peter minneapolis
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      January 26, 2011

      I conditionalized the end-of-flow marker, but as soon as I hide conditional text the marker reverts to unconditional. ('Show Condition Indicators' is selected.) Any suggestions?

      Thanks!
      Karen


      Karen Story wrote:

      I conditionalized the end-of-flow marker, but as soon as I hide conditional text the marker reverts to unconditional. ('Show Condition Indicators' is selected.) Any suggestions?

      Thanks!
      Karen

      Ooops, I was working from memory and forgot about this.

      Make sure that the Start pagination property of the paragraph format of the end-of-flow marker is Anywhere. Depending on where it ends after hiding the conditioned text, you might need to create a new paragraph format for the end-of-flow marker that is a very small type size and perhaps a negative space before, to help insure that if it becomes the last line on a page, there's likely to be room for it. Another idea is to set it to keep with previous paragraph, so that if it does run over to a new blank page, there's also some visible content with it. You can probably find some visible text in the document that can be edited to avoid the overflow at the end.

      HTH

      Regards,

      Peter

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