Schlomo Like it. :)
Does that affect the automatic deletion of excess pages? Cheers Alan On 18/03/2008, at 7:45 AM, Shlomo Perets wrote: > Fei Min, > > You wrote: > >> I have some unstructured manuals and if there is a blank page at >> the end >> of a chapter (because we want all the chapters to begin on a right- >> hand >> page), we put "This page left blank for printing purposes." Right >> now I'm >> manually deciding when the text should appear (meaning I have to >> look for >> a blank page and put the right paragraph on it). Is there any way of >> automating this so that FrameMaker detects when the last page of a >> file >> has no content (other than a header and footer) and either uses a >> different master page or a particular paragraph type? >> >> I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 on Windows XP. > > You may try using FrameMaker's Apply Master Pages function (7.0 or > later) > for this purpose, as follows: > - create a new master page, named LeftRegular (or similarly), that > will > control the layout of the standard Left pages > -- modify your standard Left master page so that it become the > special > blank page ("intentionally left blank" or so) > -- in the mapping table controlling the assignment of master pages > based on > element names or paragraph tags, specify that "Body" paragraphs (and/ > or any > other elements which is encountered on regular body pages) on left- > hand > pages assign the LeftRegular master page > > As you use the Apply Master Pages function (which may be document- or > book-wide), the reserved "Left" master page -- not applied by any > other > paragraph -- will then be the "blank" page. > > When switching to the Apply Master Pages approach to control > application of > custom master pages, all assignments should be controlled through the > mapping table (as manually assigned master pages are reset); test the > master page assignments you need in a complex document, including > multi-page tables (if this applies to your documents). > > > > Shlomo Perets > > MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for > FrameMaker > FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat > TimeSavers/Assistants > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alan%40alphabyte.co.nz > > Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140 http://www.alphabyte.co.nz _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.