On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 08:22 +1000, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > 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.
Hi Dipankar, I have added the template to our website under the Template Design page. I had a look at doing the customised fields for the pages and that would work based on Set Page Variable and Display Page Variable types, but it still caused a problem with printing two "pages" on one page. 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]
