Usability... no clue on that one. But all you need to do is create additional master pages using a landscape layout and then apply the master pages to the necessary body pages. You certainly don't need to insert files or use separate templates to do this.
On 11/2/06, Rene Stephenson <rinnie1 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Not too long ago, there was some discussion about having a landscape page > in a book of otherwise portrait pages. The concensus seemed to be that > although it can be done by inserting a separate file for the landscape pages > and adjusting the page numbering settings accordingly, it doesn't fit good > usability models. My gut tells me it's a proverbial Pandora's box. > > Well, now we've got the same issue: someone says a secondary audience > (internal) for the doc in question want to see all the alarm info in one big > landscape table, rather than chunked in ways that facilitate presenting on a > portrait page. Our primary audience is external customers. And the "someone" > is a Word user who likes to "cowboy" the formatting, regardless of what's in > the templates. So, before I spend the time to develop a landscape template > and train the writers on when it's OK to use it and how to make it function, > could someone please tell me where I could find some sound usability studies > that weigh in on either side of this issue? -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob "I see your OOO message and raise you a clue."
