Hello Kevin, > The frames thing says, in the introduction, that OOo "does not allow you > to define page styles with recurring frames" meaning that you'd be > limited to using this in small documents where you knew the page-count > and layout in advance, or were willing to re-work every time the content > changed enough to bump something. That is, you could not use it > efficiently in large docs that were subject to changes and additions > that would cause re-flow and re-pagination. > > Has this changed in OOo 3.0? Does it become possible either to set > recurring frames or to do some other option where you could have a main > text column and a smaller column possibly for side-heads, > notes-and-warnings, tips-and-tricks, small illustrations, etc. It would > be handy, in some types of long documents, to be able to define > recurring frames, notably with mirrored positioning for left- and > right-hand pages.
I think you should define your own Frame style (or modify the existing "marginalia" frame style). You will want the style do define a frame with specific size, position anchoring and borders. For every page now all you will have to do is to insert a frame and style it as marginalia. Not too much effort. In order to have mirrored frames you need to check the box (Mirror on even pages). Something I did not try is anchoring the frame to a character in the header (or footer). I wonder if by doing this you get a new frame in every page or if instead you get the same frame on every page... > Alternatively, what's the best way to have two frames where main text > flows in one frame-or-column, and the other items live in the other > column-or-frame beside the main flow, and are linked/attached to > specific paragraphs in the main flow. That is, objects in the ... um... > accessory column would need to move automatically so they'd always be > beside their paragraphs in the main flow, regardless of how much > re-flowing and re-pagination were to occur over the life of the > document. I think this is very hard to obtain. If you create a small marginalia frame, rather than a frame that takes the whole page, then you can easily anchor it to the paragraph and it will follow the flow (this is how you create sideheads). I suggest you go for this solution. I can provide a sample if you want (maybe to your private address as I am not sure this list accepts attachments. > > - Kevin > The information contained in this electronic mail transmission > may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected > from disclosure. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify us immediately by replying to this > message and deleting it from your computer without copying > or disclosing it. Any chance to get rid of the signature when you post to the list? :-) Cheers, Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
