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Subject:Re: Trying to make a single .pdf from a book From:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- qualcomm -dot- com> To:"Joan Melgaard" <joan -at- mirrorworlds -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:20:29 -0700
At 01:37 PM 10/21/99 , Joan Melgaard wrote:
>I have three files (TOC, body, index) in Framemaker 5.5 that I want to
>make into a book. I think I am making the book properly, putting the
>files in the correct order, and printing it as a .pdf. But when I do
>this, I get three .pdf files when I only want one. What am I doing
>wrong? It seems to me that making a book is the whole point of have the
>TOC and Index as separate files.
>Thanks,
>Joan
>
1. Print the book to a postscript file (.ps) (check Print/Print only to file)
2. Distill the postscript file using Acrobat Distiller.
