On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 04:42, Janet M. Swisher wrote: > Ian Laurenson wrote: [snip] > >I have recommended in issue 3910 to add a new "page layout" called > >"None" such that changing to a page style with a page layout of "None" > >never produces a blank page. > > > >"swisher", who I assume is Janet (?) suggests that "None" may not be the > >best name for such a property value, as it implies that there is no page > >layout, rather than that there is no forcing of left and right pages. > > > > > Yes, that's me :-) > > My comment was based on imagining a user who is unfamiliar with these > issues opening the dialog, seeing the option of Page Layout = None, and > going "wha???" >
Agreed :-) > >I am hoping that we can get some discussion going about either changing > >the name of the field from page layout to something that reflects it > >true nature about left and right page numbering and/or to have a better > >name than "None" for a property value that means no forcing of left and > >right pages. > > > > > You may be right that the problem is with the name "Page Layout" rather > than with the name "None". The basic problem is that currently, the > connection between pagination and page layout is mandatory. > > However, Bruce Byfield has posted a workaround on the users list, which > is to create Page Styles named Odd and Even, that inherit from the > predefined Right and Left styles. I haven't had occasion to try that > out. He claims that if you do this, you don't get blank pages inserted. > I'm not sure how that is possible. I don't think that Bruce is correct. While you can remove the "blank" page by applying left and right page styles so that they correctly match up with the preceding page number as soon as the previous page number changes by a page (or an odd number of pages) than a blank page will return. I'll reply to Bruce's Mar 23 posting, as a double check. Thanks, Ian
