Re: Inserting "for-leader" info in training manual

["Neal Dench" <ndench@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ed,

Personally, I would stick with your idea of using conditional text, but I
would also try to mock up the two column layout using sideheads. That is,
for the majority of your text, have a nice wide left hand margin that is
blank (though there's no reason why, for example, headings shouldn't be
defined across sidehead columns if you wanted). Then set up a series of
paragraph formats for your "for-leader" info, and make them all sidehead
paragraphs. Then, when you add for-leader inf0rmation, apply conditional
text to them (you could probably do that with a search and replace as well,
if you named your paragraph styles consistently).

This has the advantage that it shouldn't break up the flow of non-leader
information too much (unless you have vast amounts of for-leader
information): text that appears on P42 of the student coursebook ought to
appear on P42 of the leader coursebook as well.

--
Neal Dench // ndench at yahoo dot com
http://members.xoom.com/ndench/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Treijs" <etreijs@algorithmics.com>
To: <framers@omsys.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:23 PM
Subject: Inserting "for-leader" info in training manual


> Hi;
>
> I'm working on a training manual for a course.  The student's workbook is
a
> multi-chapter book, around 100 pages long.
>
> I have to insert additional information for the course leader--more
> detailed explanations, answers to exercises, additional info, etc.  It
> would be ideal if there was only one document, which could be printed
> either as a student's workbook, or leader's guide.
>
> A nice way to do it would use two text flows, A and B, in such a way that
A
> is always on the left side (even page), and B is always on the right side
> (odd page).  The student's material is on the left side, and any leader
> comments for that particular material is on the right.
>
> However, Frame 5.5.6 does not seem to have tools to customize page
> connections to work like this.  Essentially, I would be forever inserting
> or deleting uncommected pages, and it's not clear to me if or how I can
> *not* print the leader's flow by some master page fiddling.  [NOTE: the
> course is by no means a mature finished product!]
>
> The obvious way is to use conditional text.  This has two problems:
> -short sections of leader material can get lost
> -long sections of leader material will interrupt the flow
>
> The best I can address the first is to make leader text grey with change
> bars.  (If we set up for colour printers, the leader text could be red,
> which would solve the problem for sure.  That assumes that a colour
printer
> will be available.)  The second problem can be sort of dealt with by
> chopping up the leader material as much as possible....then of course we
> reduce it to the first problem.  :-)
>
> Any ideas or suggestions welcome.
>
> Ed (take me to your leader's guide) Treijs
>
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