PDF Setup Options not saving

[velinaed]

I have been having trouble in Frame when I create a PDF (I think since Frame 9). Any time I tried to add or remove a paragraph tag to the Include Paragraphs it wouldn’t save my settings. This wasn’t a big deal at first. But when I started creating new manuals I started getting frustrated. Today I finally reached a point where I had to figure out what was going on. The first thing I did was notice that I didn’t have the most up-to date version of Frame. I’m all up-to-date now but it didn’t solve the problem.

The solution - For some reason it's taking the PDF setup information for the whole book from the first document. So what you have to do is open the first document and then Save As PDF (you have to open it, you can’t just select it and then Save As PDF). Set up everything the way you want the same as usual. Then once you save that you can then do Save As PDF for the whole book and it works. If you need to change a setting or change a paragraph tag, you have to open the first doc again and save it there. It won't keep your changes in the book, just the first doc.

[cnahr]

Thanks for this post!  I just had the same problem with FrameMaker 10, and it worked as you described.

Researching the matter, I discovered that while this behavior is undesirable, it's actually documented and works as designed!  Chapter 13, page 464 of "Using FrameMaker 10" (framemaker_10_help.pdf) has the following note:

"In a book, the joboptions saved with the first file are applied to all files in the book. To get the desired results in the exported PDF file, open the first file. Then choose Format > Document > PDF Setup, adjust the settings, and click Set."

How about moving those settings into the book file where they belong?

[Matt-Tech Comm Tools]

That's good to know!

Also a good suggestion to move those settings to the book file. If you'd like to log that request officially with Adobe, go to adobe.com/go/wish

When I post things there, I also generally tap into my social networks to lobby folks to post the same feature request/bug report. Numbers make a big difference when they eval patches and features for new releases.

-Matt

Matt Sullivan

Director of Training

roundpeg, inc.

matt@roundpeg.com

714 960-6840