On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:49:55 -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > I wonder if there's anyone here with FrameMaker experience, who I > could go off-list with? > I've been doing some moderately complex engineering documentation in > FM 3.1, with title blocks done by drawing unanchored frames on the Master > Page and putting tables filled with user-defined text variables into them, > then drawing the sheet borders directly on the Master Page. There are > usually at least two Master Pages in a document, one with a complete title > block used on the cover sheet, and a "Right" master page with a minimal > title block used on continuation sheets. I can send a few examples, in > PDF and editable FM format. > Now I need to do the same thing in OOo. G. R. Singleton > demonstrated that it's possible to draw a border outside a text column in > OOo, but that was right on the body page. The OOo user manual has some > hints that a Page Style can do a lot of what a FM Master Page can do, but > if it's possible to draw text columns in a Page Style that don't become > part of the main flow, and place graphic features in a Page Style that > show up on body pages using that style, and then position all that on the > page with exact dimensions, I don't see how to go about it. I could use a > few hints about where to start and what to read up on. > >
I will guess you want frames. THese behave on a page the way you describe and can be linked. -- Documentation Co-lead "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
