home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Archive Magazine CD 1995
/
Archive Magazine CD 1995.iso
/
text
/
hints
/
volume_07
/
issue_03
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1995-02-16
|
4KB
|
75 lines
Hints & Tips
7.3
• Two independent stories with Ovation − Richard Hallas demonstrated an
excellent method of creating two independent stories with Impression in
the ‘Hints & Tips’ column (Archive 6.12 p27). To perform a similar task
with Ovation is not quite so easy but there is a way that this layout
can be obtained.
7.3
Double-click on the Ovation application to load it onto the iconbar.
Click <menu> over Ovation’s icon and select the ‘New Document’ option.
From this menu, choose the A4 page, ‘Portrait’ orientation and single
column options. For this example, I will create two independent columns
on an A4 sized page. Similar layouts can be created with other page
sizes.
7.3
Once Ovation’s main window has been opened, click <menu> and select the
‘Page’ menu. From this menu click on ‘Show Master Pages’. You will now
see Ovation’s master page for the A4 document. Ovation, unlike
Impression, does not allow you to delete any frames on the master page.
Alter the width of the A4 frame by choosing ‘Object’ from Ovation’s main
menu and then from the ‘Object’ menu select ‘Modify Frame’.
7.3
Set the main frame width to 90mm and height to 255mm. After modifying
the frame it will be displayed on the left hand side of Ovation’s master
page. Now create an identical sized text frame, using the text frame
icon on Ovation’s tool bar, and place it on the left hand side of the
master page, making sure that it aligns perfectly with the left hand
frame. Check with Ovation’s ‘Modify Frame’ option that this newly
created frame has identical dimensions to the previously created frame.
At this stage, any header or footer frames should be added to the master
page. You may well have to alter the height of both main text frames to
accommodate the header and footer frames.
7.3
Now quit the master page and return to Ovation’s main window. Ovation
still displays the original A4 frame outline. To display your newly
created dual frame layout, you will need to select the ‘Page’ option
from Ovation’s main menu. From this ‘Page’ menu select the ‘Insert Page’
option and a box ‘Insert Pages’ will appear on the screen. Click on ‘OK’
and the newly created page will now be displayed in Ovation’s window.
7.3
If you have already created two independent text stories with another
word processing package, you will need to have both stories saved as
plain text files, ready to drop into each newly created Ovation frame.
7.3
Click <select> on the first of these text stories and drag the file into
Ovation’s left hand main frame, making sure that this frame is the one
selected. The text will fill the frame and generate the necessary number
of linked frames to accommodate the story. Remember that this left hand
frame was originally Ovation’s A4 master page frame, adjusted to the
required size to accommodate another frame alongside it.
7.3
If you now select and drag the other text story into Ovation’s right
hand frame, you will notice that only the first right hand frame will
fill with text, and that Ovation’s text overflow arrow is displayed at
the bottom of this frame. For the text in this right hand frame to flow
through the length of the entire document, you will need to select the
‘Link Frame’ option from Ovation’s tool bar. Once this has been
selected, you must then individually link each right hand frame
throughout the length of the document. As you link each right hand
frame, you will notice that the text story flows from the previous
frame. Note that you can choose the ‘Link Frame’ option from the tool
bar with <adjust>. If this is done, this option will remain selected,
but will significantly slow down the scrolling speed of pages.
7.3
It is most important to drop the first text story into Ovation’s left
hand frame. This is the frame that generates automatically linked frames
as the text flows throughout the document.
7.3
Ovation can, of course, be used to produce the original stories, with
the proviso that the left hand frames are used to write the first story.
If required, the two frames on Ovation’s master page may be swapped
over, so that the first story can be set in the right hand frame. Mike
King, Guernsey. A
7.3