Re: problem printing book to Distiller

[Laurence Burrows <burrows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>... When attempting to print the book file  however, Distiller chokes and 
>>dies when it reaches the 2nd file, the TOC. "Can't open xyz.TOC" is the 
>>message I'm getting time and again. Subsequently Distiller only manages 
>>to print the 1st file, the front matter.
>>
>>I've sent the files to a colleague who had no problems at all generating 
>>the book and printing it to Distiller. But when she returned the files, 
>>they continued to foul up as before. What's wrong with the TOC file?
>
>If you open the TOC file in FrameMaker, do you get any messages? Like 
>maybe the missing fonts message? That would prevent FrameMaker from 
>opening and distilling the TOC. You would have to somehow correct that 
>message before you could print the book.
>
>You could also try printing an actual printer to see if you have the same 
>problem, or printing to a postscript file and then distilling that.

====

Better yet, try opening the TOC file in FrameMaker and then distilling one 
page at a time.  If Distiller chokes on page 2 of the TOC the error will be 
on page 2 or (who knows why?, but it happens) on the previous page (page 1).

Most Distiller/printing problems seem to involve the text/fonts you can't 
see because they're on the Master pages, so look on the Master pages of the 
TOC file for empty paragraphs that use bogus fonts, or (apparently) empty 
text frames, or graphics with embedded fonts (especially graphics assembled 
from ClipArt via MS Word or CorelDraw).  How do you find these?  Use the 
Object selection tool on the toolbar and click and/drag all over the Master 
pages...use Ctrl-click to look for objects stacked behind other objects...

Happy hunting  :-)

Regards,

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Laurence Burrows, Navex Pty Ltd
mailto:burrows@attglobal.net
tel: 03 9602 4533  fax: 03 9602 4854
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