4 Replies Latest reply: Oct 9, 2014 10:18 PM by rob wallis RSS

    FM11 creates blank pages on refresh book

    Gorly Community Member
    Gorly Jun 5, 2014 7:32 AM

      Hi guys,

      I'm struggling here with some very strange behavior of FM11.

      I've got a book (unstructured) with multiple FM binaries (structured).

      The first book component is the front cover with some inlay pages including a self generated TOC (out of cross references to the start and end pages).

      This book needs to be printed and contains 48 pages total, including the cover as the first and last book component.

      Now the first component contains 3 pages and a double sided layout using several self defined master pages (I know there's an issue with deleting surplus pages with no left/right MP).

      But that's not exactly my problem.

      The problem arises when I try to refresh the book. There's a blank page being created in the first book component, which I got rid of in the first place.

      That wouldn't be much of a problem since I can delete that page manually (and it keeps being deleted if I don't refresh anything).

      But the real issue is, that the references are updated AFTERWARDS, meaning all page references within the book are one page ahead.

      This is unacceptable, as it spans all references in the whole document, which are wrong due to this.

       

      Is there any way I can get FM to not create this surplus blank page?

      I'm tight on schedule and cleaning up the mess my boss left me behind with this document,, so quick answers are really appreciated.

       

      -Alex

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        • 1. Re: FM11 creates blank pages on refresh book
          Gorly Community Member
          Gorly Jun 5, 2014 7:58 AM (in response to Gorly)

          One more oddity to this is, that the last book component is also a 3 page file and has the same templates defined as the first component (we're using a special template for the cover pages).

          The problem does NOT occur there. The outer rear cover page is also defined with a special master page.

          It is even more odd than I originally thought. The file receives that blank page, even when it's located in the middle of the book.

          • 2. Re: FM11 creates blank pages on refresh book
            Gorly Community Member
            Gorly Jun 5, 2014 8:04 AM (in response to Gorly)

            Ok, more testing more info: If I switch the first and the last book component, also the behavior switches over to the (now first) rear cover component.

            This clearly looks like a bug to me and cannot be intended behavior.

            Any bright ideas how to work around this?

            • 3. Re: FM11 creates blank pages on refresh book
              Gorly Community Member
              Gorly Jun 6, 2014 2:35 AM (in response to Gorly)

              New day, new luck.

              I finally found a solution to this. If I assign each component manually to start at a specific page (left in this case), I get can FM to not create this blank page after the initial 3 cover pages.

              While this luckily works for this project, I still think this is a bug. Resetting user configurations without notice or dialog cannot be intended behavior.

               

              -Alex

              • 4. Re: FM11 creates blank pages on refresh book
                rob wallis Community Member
                rob wallis Oct 9, 2014 10:18 PM (in response to Gorly)

                Have you checked the settings in Page Layout>Pagination? If you set to make the page count even it will keep adding blank pages.