On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 13:38 +0530, dipankar das wrote: > On Tuesday 26 July 2005 09:52, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > > > The only way I could see you doing this "easily" would be with something > > like a user-defined field. > > > > Regards > > Jonathon > > This is a major problem in Calcutta's commercial printing. They go on using > Adobe (R) Pagemaker only for this reason in place of say OOo or MSW. In > ninety percent or more of the print jobs, two subsequent pages come on the > same A4 sheet, so what they do is set the two pages on the same page, in > landscape, and then use two page-number fields on the right page and left > page, and two sets of headers, if needed. This saves their block making cost, > one per page. This cannot be done in OOo or MSW, AFAIK. This is a necessity > if OOo needs penetrate in the commercial sector. > > So, dear Coombes, it will be a lot of help if you suggest how to use > user-defined fields to do this. Thanks in advance.
Based on your new description above, I think the idea of using frames and page styles might be easier. I will put together a template for you to use that should fit your requirements. I will make it available from my website later today. Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips (RSS) - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Cybersite Consulting - http://www.cybersite.com.au/ Training4Linux - http://www.training4linux.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
