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David31602268ox9z
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November 5, 2024
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Master pages and pdf output

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I have a structured document I am creating through XML in FrameMaker. After struggling immensely with getting the appropriate master pages applied to each page (including a blank page between "chapters," I am now finding that the pdf output when publishing does not match what I am seeing in FrameMaker. I have an FM book with a FrontMatter.fm file that contains title page information (2 pages), a List of Markers that is the Table of Contents (2 pages), and then the main document with all of the content imported from XML. 

When I look at the FrameMaker .fm file for the main document, all of the appropriate header pages are applied (through the EDD with context labels, not manually applied). However, when I publish the document to pdf about 1/2 of the way through the document the output starts to differ from what I have on FrameMaker. This appears to be causing my master pages to be about 2 pages off through the rest of the book. 

I was able to track down the first page that is clearly different from a previous page in the pdf vs. FrameMaker, and it is a section in the text that has keep with next paragraph applied. In FrameMaker, this is forcing the section onto the next page, but on the pdf it appears to be fitting at the bottom of the previous page. I have played around a bit with the book and document level pagination and numbering settings but wasn't able to find anything that helps. 

What am I missing about the conversion from book to pdf that could be causing this issue?

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Correct answer frameexpert

Open one of your FrameMaker documents where you are seeing the reflow. Then choose File > Print Setup, choose the Adobe PDF printer, and click OK. Does the document reflow?

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frameexpert
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frameexpertCommunity Expert
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November 5, 2024

How are you creating your PDF? Publish Panel, Save As PDF, etc.?

When the PDF is being created, do you get any font substitution warnings at the FrameMaker Console?

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David31602268ox9zAuthor
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November 5, 2024

I am using the Publish panel, but I tried to save as pdf as well with the same issue. I am using FrameMaker 16. I have one font issue that seems to show up in the console, but I have shared the full log less filepaths here as well since there are some things that pop up on launch that don't typically affect my work but could be related. Neither Times or Times New Roman are in any of the three documents in the book. The fonts pod only lists Arial and Calibri for each, which are those used in the document, and I confirmed with a list of references for fonts that no other fonts appear. 

 

maker: While reading menu customization file filepath\FrameMaker\16\WorkSpaces\Structured\WYSIWYGView\menus\menus.cfg,
maker: (1240) Command or menu named FAQ has not been defined.
maker: (1241) Command or menu named ApplicationPackGuide has not been defined.
maker: (1242) Command or menu named MekonExtension has not been defined.
maker: (2024) Command or menu named FAQ has not been defined.
maker: (2025) Command or menu named ApplicationPackGuide has not been defined.
maker: (2026) Command or menu named MekonExtension has not been defined.
The "Times" Font is not available.
It will be replaced by "Times New Roman".

filepath\.pdf:
Unable to save the reprocessed PDF file.

 

 

 

frameexpert
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November 6, 2024

Open one of your FrameMaker documents where you are seeing the reflow. Then choose File > Print Setup, choose the Adobe PDF printer, and click OK. Does the document reflow?

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