Re: changing an FM book

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:56 PM 3/1/01 -0500, Mandy Wells wrote:
>Hello Framers
>I have to change my 8.5X7 double-sided FM book to a two-up layout to make
>the printer happy, unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be covered in my
>FrameMaker for Dummies. The pages need to be formatted like a book, so pg2
>and pg139 on the front of the first sheet, pg 1 and pg140 on the back; pg4
>and pg 137 on the front of the second sheet, pg3 and pg138 on the back of
>the second sheet, etc...
>
>Is there some easy, automatic way of doing this in FrameMaker?
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You are describing the process that is called imposition.
There is no way to do imposition in FrameMaker. Delivering PDFs to a printer
who uses Acrobat plug-ins (they cost extra) that do imposition is the only 
sensible
solution.
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