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PencyJohn
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Oct 12, 2022 4:52 AM UTC
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How are DITA child topics output to PDF?

How it works with dita and dita map files in framemaker?, dita map includes multible dita files, when published as pdf, each dita topic will start from new page?

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    LinSims
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    Oct 12, 2022 12:54 PM UTC

    @Matt-Tech Comm Tools or one of the other DITA experts would be able to answer better. I'm just getting back into learning about DITA and it's been years since I actually used it.

     

    My recollection is that yes, using a DITA map and XML files will start each new topic/module on the same page as the previous (until the page end is reached, of course). You might also want to look at Leximation's DITA-FMx plugin. 

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    Oct 12, 2022 3:32 PM UTC

     

     

    Normal behavior in DITA is to concatonate the child topics that are 2nd level or lower.

    I haven't looked at the options for Fm 2022, but in previous versions you can control the output using the Publish options and/or the DITA init file.

    So, basically, you can set up Fm to paginate the PDF as you like.

    -Matt

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