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jay fresno
Inspiring
February 17, 2010
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Finding page breaks

  • February 17, 2010
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I'm using FrameMaker 9, but I would think that this is an issue that would be relevant to other versions as well.

I've inserted some manual page breaks using Special > Page Break. Now I want to search for those page breaks and remove them. The Find/Change dialog does not search for page breaks.

Is there an efficient way to find the page breaks?

Correct answer JohannesKrueger

Here's a way to remove manual page break overrides from paragraph tags, while keeping all other overrides.

This spares you finding every single instance, however, you have to know for which paragraph tags the property has to be reset.

(1) Select an affected paragraph tag in Paragraph Designer.

(2) Set all pagination properties to "as is".

(3) Set the pagination - start property to "Top of Page" and click Apply. When FM asks, click "Keep Overrides".

(4) Again, set all pagination properties to "as is".

(5) Set the pagination - start property to "Anywhere" and click Apply. When FM asks, click "Keep Overrides".

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jay fresnoAuthor
Inspiring
February 17, 2010

Thanks all for your great suggestions!

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Art Campbell
Inspiring
February 17, 2010

I'm not positive, but I believe you can remove manually inserted pages with File > Import Formats and then select the Current file as the source. Make sure that both Remove Manual Page Breaks and Remove Other Layout Overrides are checked.

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    jay fresnoAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 17, 2010

    Yes, clever idea. I'll try out your idea.


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    JohannesKruegerCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    February 17, 2010

    Here's a way to remove manual page break overrides from paragraph tags, while keeping all other overrides.

    This spares you finding every single instance, however, you have to know for which paragraph tags the property has to be reset.

    (1) Select an affected paragraph tag in Paragraph Designer.

    (2) Set all pagination properties to "as is".

    (3) Set the pagination - start property to "Top of Page" and click Apply. When FM asks, click "Keep Overrides".

    (4) Again, set all pagination properties to "as is".

    (5) Set the pagination - start property to "Anywhere" and click Apply. When FM asks, click "Keep Overrides".

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    Anonymous
    February 17, 2010

    fwiw, I've always maintained a few variant styles (level 2 and level 3 headings, plus one for body text) with "start at top of page" as a property

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    Shlomo Perets
    Inspiring
    February 17, 2010

    There is indeed no built-in way to search for overrides in FrameMaker.

    Paragraph Tools from http://siliconprairiesoftware.com will let you search for paragraph overrides, and is listed as compatible with FM9.0

    [For use with previous versions of FrameMaker, the HuntOverrides plug-in produces an interactive report on overrides, with pagination overrides marked distintctly. I don't currently see a FM9 version of this plug-in listed at http://www.cudspan.net/plugins ]

    Also, if you have FrameScript: there is a comprehensive Overrides reporting function in -frame, Quality pack, from http://www.itl.eu/en/services-solutions/product-process-solutions/products/i-frame.html .

    Shlomo Perets, http://www.microtype.com

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