And grouping Styles in a Style? ...The children inherit attributes from the parent.
Each Style would have a running page counter, "Section" number... That's why I don't like the term "Style". It should be called a "Section". Joe On 7/28/05, Joe Schaffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Might each page of a Style have (significantly) different headers/footers? > > I don't think so, because the purpose of grouping pages in a Style is > to exploit the similarity of the layout. > > Joe > > On 7/28/05, Joe Schaffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aha! > > > > The page header and footer are actually attributes of the "Section", > > and not the page! I should be able to define them when I define my > > Section. They're just printed on the page, that's all. I could put my > > variable in there too. > > > > Do Styles have page header and footer attributes, things that apply to > > all the pages of a Style? > > > > That's where I would expect to find them. > > > > Joe > > > > On 7/28/05, Joe Schaffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the tip. I'll read the manual and continue experimenting. > > > In the meantime: > > > > > > My Outline looks something like this: > > > > > > 1 Document Title="Modern Greek Verbs" > > > 1.1 Verbs > > > 1.1.1 Verb Title="ΑΓΑΠΙΕΜΑΙ", Voice="Passive", Meaning="I am loved" > > > 1.1.2 Verb Title="ΑΓΑΠΩ", Voice="Active", Meaning="I love" > > > 1.1.3 Verb Title="ΕΙΜΑΙ", Voice="Active", Meaning="I am" > > > 1.1.4 Verb Title="ΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ", Voice="Passive", Meaning="I come" > > > 1.1.5 Verb Title="ΕΧΩ", Voice="Active", Meaning="I have" > > > 1.1.500 etc. > > > 1.2 Index Title="ENGLISH-GREEK" > > > > > > The document page number should appear in the page footer, always on > > > the outside margin. > > > > > > (Too bad OO doesn't understand English :) > > > > > > Document.Title appears on the cover sheet and in the footer of every > > > page (but the cover) on the inside margin. > > > > > > Verb.Title appears centered in each page header in the Verbs section. > > > To control inside/outside margin in the headers I could use a function > > > like > > > > > > page==odd?Verb.Voice:Verb.Meaning; > > > > > > The footer would look like this: > > > > > > page==odd?page:Document.Title; > > > > > > Then I wouldn't need to poke around your menu system to find the right > > > check boxes -- the headers and footers would merely contain the > > > function names -- but I'd need to know how to program your box, and I > > > really just want results, what-you-see-is-what-you-get. > > > > > > Index.Title should appear centered in the Header of each page of the > > > Index (but the first, which should be at the top of the page). > > > > > > 1) I map my Sections to your Styles -- page styles to be exact. But > > > the Section is not a page, it is more like a Chapter, a sequence of > > > pages. > > > > > > 2) I create an instance of the page style for each verb in the book. > > > I'd like to capture my book by inserting something, "styles" for lack > > > of a better term. How about 'Insert Style/Section Break'? > > > > > > How do I create the variables which appear in the headers? Are they > > > attributes of the Style -- a custom page Style? > > > > > > I don't want to apply the Style to a page, but to a series of pages, a > > > "chapter". > > > > > > (Actually, the styling requirements are quite minimal. I use a little > > > Italic, but that's all, so I don't mind doing it by hand. Character > > > styles makes sense for this, but I'm already terrified by your > > > interface. It gives me nightmares.) > > > > > > Is there a "Chapter" Style? > > > > > > (Probably not, that would be too easy.) > > > > > > What I really want to do is insert Sections into my document, but your > > > Sections only do multiple columns, right? > > > > > > I need to define attributes/variables in each Section/Style, which > > > would appear (magically) in the headers. I don't want to work with > > > names and functions. I'd rather point and click. > > > > > > I think your program should do something reasonable by default, right > > > out of the box. I'm a bit disturbed by all this flexibility. > > > > > > The solution should jump out at me, right off the screen. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > On 7/28/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 22:31 +0300, Joe Schaffner wrote: > > > > > Sorry, > > > > > Let's try again... > > > > > In principle, do I create "Sections"? > > > > > I don't see any Section formats, just a default. > > > > > What is a "Style"? > > > > > I seem to remember Microsoft Word had an Outline view. You could > > > > > essentially create the document before you even started capturing the > > > > > text. The Sections were hierarchical and the title of the Section was > > > > > the text you gave it, I think. [I've forgotten the details. It was > > > > > rocket science, but I could make it work.] > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > [snipped] > > > > > > > > I suggest that you go to http://documentation.openoffice.org/ and browse > > > > the manuals and HOW-TOs as both have pertinent info. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. > > > > OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead > > > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
