Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com wrote: > Ok, > > Got both of my first two questions answered quickly, so let me continue on > question #2. I am required by the FAA on any documentation that I produce > to mark the blank page at the end of the chapter with the phrase > "INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK". Right now, the writers simply manually hit > return a couple of times and use a paragraph tag called Blank Page that > aligns the tag in the center of the page and sets the font to uppercase, > bold, arial, 10 point. The problem is that not all writers place the > phrase consistently in the same location on a blank page either within > their own documents or across their documents and I want to make this > consistent. > > I have started this process with making a graphic called Blank Page - it > contains the words intentionally left blank - that's all. I have used > this graphic on a reference page and set it up so that when I apply it as > a Frame Below a paragraph tag called Blank Page, it is centered beneath > the paragraph tag, which is also centered on the page. The only thing - > when I place this tag on a blank page, I want to place it so that the tag > is centered top/bottom on the blank page - otherwise, we just run into the > same problem we had before - consistently moving the graphic now (instead > of free text) to the same vertical alignment on a blank page. > > Right now, I have it kinda' kludged - it's a two-step process where the > users manually place a BlankPage_Step1 tag at the top of the blank page > (which is always a left hand page), then press return and the next > paragraph tag is automatically the BlankPage tag which has a space above > set to 120 pts and the graphic centered. I want to do this in one step > (if I am making any sense and if it is even possible). When a user clicks > at the top of the blank page, I want them to be able to click BlankPage > and have the tag automatically be placed in the center of the page, but > other than working with space above a tag (which means having another tag > first), I cant' figure out a way to do this. > Tammy,
Why not put your Blank Page text in its own frame on a special master page and then use Apply Master Pages to apply it whenever a Blank Page tag is used? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Democracy: you can?t export it abroad when you don?t practise it at home." --Jack Layton Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5
