Mary Saifuku wrote:
> Thanks, Jeremy, for shedding light on this. In my files, the chapter title
> is in a text frame on the first page, not on the First master page.
>
> Per Tori's suggestion, I modified my chapter template by selecting the text
> frame with the title, right-clicking, and choosing Send to Back. This
> solves
> the problem.
>
> Is there an advantage to putting the text frame on the First master page
> and
> connecting the frame with the title to the body text frame?
I'm afraid you've misunderstood Jeremy (and maybe the nature/role of master
pages?). You can't connect a master page frame to a body page frame. Master
pages are the _templates_ from which your body pages are created.
The first page of your chapter apparently contains two disconnected text flows.
Using Tori's suggestion, you've changed the order in which FM scans those
flows. Jeremy was suggesting a more fundamental solution: don't use two
separate flows. Connect the text frames so that pressing Enter at the end of
the chapter title creates a new paragraph in the main ("body text") frame below
it.
The help and manual contain information about text flows and
connecting/disconnecting them. But probably the simplest way to do this in your
situation is to recreate the main ("body text") frame on the First master page.
First, delete the main ("body text") frame. Next, make sure the text frame for
the chapter title has Autoconnect turned on and its flow tag is A. Then,
recreate the main text frame. In the Add New Text Frame dialog, select Template
for Body Page Text Frame and set Flow Tag to A. FM informs you that the new
text frame has been connected to the end of flow A.
Now, pages that use the First master page will have only one text flow instead
of two.
NOTE: This assumes that you didn't just add the chapter title text frame to the
body page instead of the master page. If you did that, you'll have to reapply
the First master page to fix it.
HTH!
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
------
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
------
