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- From: davidl@ssd.intel.com (David Levine)
- Subject: Re: brochure formatting help
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.171548.7665@SSD.intel.com>
- Keywords: interposition
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- Organization: Supercomputer Systems Division, Intel Corp.
- References: <1992Aug17.160627.6874@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug18.170205.7647@mks.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:15:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.170205.7647@mks.com> fred@mks.com (Fred Kratky) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug17.160627.6874@crd.ge.com> keegan@pan.crd.ge.com (James G Keegan Jr) writes:
- >>i have to produce a brochure in frame. the number of
- >>pages is uncertain at this time but i estimate that the
- >>thing will be about 16 panels, perhaps a bit more. the
- >>output i need is that which you'd get taking an 8.5" x
- >>11" page, rotating it on it's side and folding it, with
- >>the total job being at least 4 folded 8.5" x 11" pages.
-
- [Fred Kratky suggests two documents, one 5.5 x 8.5, the other 11 x 8.5,
- and copying all the elements from each page in the little one to the
- appropriate place in the big one.]
-
- This technique works (I used to use it) but it has a couple of
- disadvantages. The biggest problem is that when you copy and paste
- text columns, the pasted text column loses all connection to the
- others. This can ruin your formatting if you have any paragraphs that
- begin in one text column and end in another, or if you use any
- autonumbering that spans text columns.
-
- To avoid these problems I modified this technique. Instead of making
- the big document completely blank and copying the little document's
- text columns to it, I make the big document with a series of empty text
- columns connected in the appropriate order. Then I select all the TEXT
- in the little document and paste it into the big one.
-
- To make my technique work, you have to have just one text flow that
- runs all the way through the document. Every page has to have the same
- basic layout, and you have to use anchored frames for graphics. But if
- you later have another brochure with the same page format and number of
- pages, you can re-use the big document.
-
- Unfortunately, you still have to do page numbers by hand, which means
- you can't use cross-references or generate an index or table of
- contents. I have submitted an enhancement request to Frame asking for
- more help in preparing brochures, but I don't think it's likely to be
- forthcoming.
-
- There's one other solution: if you're working on a Mac, get DynoPage.
- It does exactly what you need and more. I couldn't do this because I
- needed a solution that would work on both Macs and UNIX.
-
- - David D. Levine, Intel Supercomputer Systems Division == davidl@ssd.intel.com
- "Fo'tunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered, for just such an emergency."
-