Richard, Interesting. Amazing really.
I use Rick Quattro's ImportFormatsSpecial plug-in which splits out Document Properties into these constituent parts: Volume number, chapter numbering, page numbering, paragraph numbering, text options, change bars, footnote props. & num., table footnote props. & num., marker type names, PDF properties, and view options. For a screenshot go here: http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/importformatsspecial/index.htm When I select and import all of these, I observe no effect on column layout, one column or two column, with or without sideheads. However, when I look at the file's underlying MIF syntax I did find <DFluidSideheads No> lurking in the Document Properties section. Changing the tag to <DFluidSideheads Yes> had no visible effect on the document. The MIF Reference Online Manual (FM 7.0) I have does not document this tag, so I am at a loss as to what it does. Baruch -----Original Message----- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:47 PM To: Baruch Brodersen; Andersen, Verner Engell VEA; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: My document "properties" in template turns sideheads on for severalfiles where it is unwanted Baruch Brodersen wrote: > My test showed no effect on column layout (i.e., sideheads) by importing > any > or all Document Properties formats. Importing Page Layouts however, did. Column layout and room for side heads are two different issues. I did some testing, too. I opened an index file, which has a two-column layout with no room for side heads. I selected File > Import > Formats. In the dialog, I made sure Document Properties was the only item selected, and then I imported from a chapter file, which has a one-column layout with room for side heads. The index file retained its two-column layout, but room for side heads became turned on. Interestingly, the master pages were unchanged -- their text frames still did not have room for side heads. But the main body flow did, confirming that room for side heads is a flow property, not a text frame property. I reverted to saved and repeated the experiment, this time importing only Page Layouts. Except for the first page (which uses a custom master page unique to my index files), the index file lost its two-column layout. But room for side heads did _not_ turn on. The default master pages were replaced by the single-column ones from the chapter file, and they had room for side heads turned on. But the main body flow did not. Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------
