Alan, You're right that 'The page shown onscreen in Framemaker (and different to page layout programs like InDesign that include the pasteboard) is the physical page that is enclosed by crop/trim marks' - but you're assumption that nothing outside these page borders can be printed is not correct.
When printing from FM with the option 'registration marks' activated (either Western or Japanese) the printing paper size should be larger than the document's page size. Otherwise the registration marks won't fit. Therefore it is also possible to put FM elements in that area, indeed for creating die-cut prints. Becky's approach is correct and will give the expected results. Printing to PDF directly will cut off the frame and show a bleeding tab. There have been more posts on this list about best practices for bleeding tabs, even tabs that 'walk' with your chapter numbering or display based on conditional settings. What these have in common is that the graphic container (table or frame) runs off the page. Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA info at idtp.eu www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framemaker at idtp.eu
