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JoshMcNeil
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June 10, 2026
Question

Splicing FrameMaker documents together

  • June 10, 2026
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I'm working on a modular users manual in FM, and I need the ability to combine many small files (subsections in the users manual) into one larger file (the users manual) using the book function. I'm having a lot of trouble getting files to splice together, meaning content from the small files is seamlessly inserted in the document rather than at the beginning of a new page. I've been trying to fix this using pagination settings but have not had any luck. Has anyone gotten this to work successfully on FM26?

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2026

    I think we need to see what exactly you’re doing - we’re unsure if you’re adding .fm files to a .book or are trying to insert text insets into a document that then lives in a .book...

    frameexpert
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 10, 2026

    Documents in a book always start on their own page. You can manually do it by importing each document into a single document as a text inset. Importing text like this is similar to importing a graphic by reference. This could be automated with a script. Please contact me off list if you are interested.

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    QuintinSeegers
    Legend
    June 10, 2026

    Good point. I assumed the content is being inserted into an existing document - not added as files to the book directly.

    QuintinSeegers
    Legend
    June 10, 2026

    @JoshMcNeil You don’t mention whether the files are text or graphics, or whether you use Structured or Unstructured Framemaker. Do you insert the files using File > Import > File? That should insert them wherever your cursor is in the document when you insert them. If it is text, it is possible that the Paragraph Style for the first line of text in the inserted text has its Pagination set to Start at the Top of Page