On 10 Sep 2008 at 12:00, Brian Barker wrote: .... > The idea of a real header, of course, is that the rest of the page > material flows naturally from page to page whilst the headers stay > where they should be. This makes complete sense if the headers are > substantially the same (except perhaps for systematic changes such as > page numbers), but it is difficult to see how it could make sense if > the headers were to differ page to page. If you need a different
Yes and no. I can imagine a situation, for example, where perhaps a children's book needs pictures at the top of the page - different for each page, not directly related to the text, just to add a bit of decoration: but they must be in the fixed position. (Same sort of comment for foot or marginal decorations.) Which means a page break (per your comment below) wouldn't be appropriate. You'd need to insert explicitly on each page and anchor/wrap accordingly. No idea if this is the sort of thing the OP is after. Whatever he's trying to achieve and whatever the means, he's somehow going to need to specify the material for each and every page. Perhaps if he'd say what he's actually trying to achieve, it would help. <ramble>Thinking about it, and possibly (probably?) veering off the OP's needs, maybe it would be useful to be able to compute material for insertion. One can already insert, say, a page number which will differ depending on where the item is used. Perhaps if one could compute, say, a filename for inclusion (from, eg page number, or whatever other variables can be set), this would help at least the above type of situation. Different material could then be automatically included without repetitive insertions within OOo.</ramble> > header on page 2, for example, you must surely already know exactly > what material will appear on page 2. And if this is the case, you > don't need a header: just put in page break and then your heading > material at the top of the new page. (You can still retain a header > for its proper purpose, e.g. page numbering, of course.) A > convenient way of arranging the page break may be to include it as > part of a paragraph style: apply a suitable paragraph style to your > heading material and set a "page break before" as part of that > paragraph style (on the Text Flow tab). -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
