Is it possible to add a spread of two pages (to keep the pagination right) in the middle of my flow?

Question

I'm building a multi-document book -- a manual for a piece of equipment -- and I just discovered that I need to add a few more sections in one of the documents to explain a few more procedures.

My document is left to right on the pages. I know I'll have to redo the TOC, but I'm OK with that.

I need to add a 2-page spread in a few places to add these procedures and corresponding images. I cannot for the life of me here figure out how to add two pages in the middle of my document to do this, I'm going to have to do it a few times for the few procedures extra I need to add. I tried carriage-returning to give myself some space, but I have anchored frames with images and details all over the place and that didn't work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Barb Binder · Accepted Answer

Is there a way to convert those to anchored frames?

You would not believe how much custom illustrating I've got in so many of them...

Hi Jim,

Ugh. This is tough lesson to learn under deadline. Anchored frames will move with the edits—that's why they are so important. It's going to take some time to go back and anchor all of your frames, but it is the right thing to do. In addition, there are various anchoring positions that you will want to explore at some point. (See the link at the bottom.)

For now, at least on the spread you shared with us, you can just cut the frame at the bottom of page 58, and paste it at the end of step six. Then cut the frame on page 59 and paste it at the end of step six, between the first anchor and the ¶. You may have to use the arrow key to move past the first anchor on that line. The default position of anchoring below should be find. Anchor order matters, or they can switch positions.

Here's some background information on the feature, which is worth reviewing before you get too far.

Adobe FrameMaker (2017 release)

~Barb

Matt-Tech Comm Tools · Answer

It sounds like you need a tabloid-sized layout in the middle of your doc. If that's true, you need to split your current doc add an 11x17 file in the middle.

If not, please provide a graphic to show what you need.

-Matt

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