Speed of Book Creation in FM 7

[eric.dunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I want to create a book that contains all the documents for a single contract to
generate alphabetical lists of various tags and markers. There are 2070 files in
the contract. I currently have 8 separate books, one for each system. The thing
is, I think I'd be better off using the system book files I already have and
then generating the 8 systems separately in FM 5.5.6 and compiling the generated
files later.

Trying to create an all inclusive book by using drag-and-drop from a find window
has now taken since about 10 this morning and it's still running. Even opening
the system books in FM 6 or 7 is horrendous because it takes an eternity for FM
to update page counts. ANd I couldn't care less about page counts (and whatever
else it is FM has decided to look at in each and every file when a book is
opened).

What am I missing or is this useless overloading of the network and destruction
of productivity something Adobe has made obligatory? This is why in previous
discussions about updating FM I've always stated my preference for Adobe to
leave weel enough alone. Unless I'm missing a preference setting somewhere, FM
has gone from a robust application that ran swiftly with books of any size, to a
lumbering slug when dealing with anything but small books.

Eric L. Dunn



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