Re: Pagemaker page numbering

[Ted Heatherington <theather -at- ALPHA -dot- CA>]

     John, the "short answer" is 'it depends.'

     Pagemaker 5.x and later WILL allow this IF:
     - Place the front matter in a "chapter" file
     - Place any page 1 and following into another chapter file.  Set the
     Document Options to start at one and do not renumber.
     - connect the "chapters" using the Utility/Book list function
     - Generate the TOC.
     - If you have less than 6.0, don't even think about printing a booklet
     sort of any type :(
     - If you have less than 6.5x, expect to do some extra editing to fix
     some problems.

     Problem: You can't sort the book into any printed order with a PM
     version less than 6.0; anything earlier maintains the chapters and
     connections, but can't actually do any joined printing.

     Solution: Prior to 6.x, it IS possible to print whole books unsorted;
     a print-to-file will allow the output to be sorted by a tool like
     Pagewise (your service bureau may have it) to do a printer layout
     from.

     Problem: Even with 6.0, there are many problems with sorting multiple
     chapters. The worst is stories "break" across pages instead of
     flowing. This is a noticeable problem if you use full justification or
     paragraph styles with first-line indents since both of these will
     occur when the paragraph "breaks" in the middle.

     Solution: Pagemaker 6.5x however allows mixed chapters AND keeps
     flows.

     Solution:
     - Buy PM 6.5x and have full imposition capabilities (using the same
     strategy above).


     Ted Heatherington
     Sr. Technical Writer,
     Alpha Technologies, Canada

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Date:    Thu, 5 Jun 1997 18:00:31 +0100
From:    jmf <jmf -at- PSIONWORLD -dot- NET>
Subject: Pagemaker page numbering

Hello again,

Does anyone here know much about Pagemaker? We can't see a way of including
the TOC and front matter in the publication, but nevertheless starting the
actual page numbering after them. Is this possible? The problem is that the
publication all has to be done in the one shot as it's being turned into a
giant .PDF file.

Well, if anyone has any ideas I'd be most grateful.

Cheers,

John.

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