It would be informative to know if there were any workarounds or such on
the OOoAuthor guides' pages. I remember reading somewhere where there
was/were some needed detail(s) here as to having certain format or
characters here and there in order to make the individual chapters work
properly in some functions. The past template/style guides had something
to that effect but didn't elaborate, no?
Inquiring minds want to know...
Gary
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
I don't know of any way to use a conditional style in this instance.
There may be some way to deal with it, but I go for the simplest
solution whenever possible. In this case, I said "is the colon
necessary?" to which my answer is "No!" I no longer recall why it was
put there in the first place, but I think it now serves no purpose,
nor does removing it cause any problems that I can see. Of course, I
realise I could be missing something.
--Jean
Gary Schnabl wrote:
Could that colon have been tackled with a conditional style? I
haven't gotten around to using conditionals in OOo yet, although I
have with FrameMaker. It would seem to be the thing to do in that
instance.
Gary
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
I have updated three files in the Contributors section of the
website: Chapter template, Template How-to, and Writing OOo Guides.
In addition to accepting changes made by TJ Frazier, I made some
other minor changes and additions.
Among other things, I removed the colon at the end of the chapter
title. This is because, when the chapters are put together to form a
full book, the chapter title (from the OOoHeading0) goes into the
page footer but the chapter subtitle is not included. Having a
chapter title ended by a colon in the footer looks silly, so I
removed the colon. It isn't needed on the title pages of chapters
with subtitles anyway.
Apologies to TJ for taking so long to get around to dealing with his
changes, which he had done at the beginning of January. I was so
focused on finishing the third edition of the Writer Guide, that I
forgot about everything else.
--Jean
