Re: freeze pagination

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

> We've inherited some legacy FM5.5.6 docs that should be converted into XML
> using FM7 and a conversion table. Close inspection reveals that the creator
> applies the (in my eyes) forbidden "freeze pagination" so all pages contain
> disconnectes text frames... does anybody know of a way (or third party tool)
> to automatically connect the text frames to one flow in the docs, or are we
> stuck (with manual connecting or even rekeying?)

If the author really have used "freeze pagination" (and not manually
made disconnected text frames), then you should be able to reverse
the effect by unfreezing it. Use the undocumented shortcut Esc p z
to bring up the freeze/unfreeze dialog. If that dialog doesn't
report the pagination as being frozen, cancel out of it.

Even when unfrozen, be prepared to do some manual work to get the
document back to the shape you want it. You may need to manually
"merge" page-broken paragraphs, reapply numbering, etc.


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Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
Technical Writer, Uppsala, Sweden
mailto:Thomas.Michanek@telia.com
http://go.to/framers/
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