Ver. 2.4
I'm tempted to vent here but I won't. I find the implementation of sections
and headers (and/or the docs) very obtuse. I have a 600+ page document in
seven sections that is updated and produced each month, originally converted
(badly) from MS Word about 8 months ago and now maintained in native (Oo)
format. Most, but not all, of the sections are formatted identically but all
[must] have different page headers.
Some 8+ hours ago I loaded and renamed last month's issue and proceded to
replace the body of the text within each section. Somewhere along the line I
noticed the wrong headers on some sections, with apparent binding of
adjacent sections (for want of a better phrase). Changing the header in one
resulted in a change to the other.
Thus began my 8-hour odyssey. Simply put, I was never able to successfully
break the text apart in the now "glued" sections and recreate two sections
with different headers. I did create the necessary Page Styles for the two
sections. I tried inserting new sections, cutting & pasting text, etc.,
etc., etc. Each time, just when I though I had it, with each section
formatted correctly, I would change one header and both section headers
changed.
I give up. I'm also within a hair of going back to MS Office. At least it's
the devil I know. (BTW, I have over 45 years of DP experience, mostly in
operating system development -- not a newbie -- and was a very early user of
desktop publishing, so I'm familiar with styles.)
1. How to I accomplish what I'm trying to do?
2. Is the "Next Style" in the page style doing me in (they are the same as
the current style)? I don't want the next page to be different, I want the
next section to be different. Does "Next" cross section boundaries?
3. There is no obvious section marker (demarcation), even in "paragraph
view". Is or is not a carraige return associated with an Insert Section? If
so, is it before or after the section start?
4. There is no obvious association of headers with sections. The text of the
headers and footers should be tightly and obviously associated with the
section.
5. I tried highlighting the text I wanted to make a new section of and then
did Insert Section and created a new page style with it (seems you can't use
an existing one, a flaw in my opinion). Didn't work either.
I'm going to give this one more shot tomorrow morning. If no success, I'm
back to MOS.
Any help or clarification appreciated.
Jerry
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