Re: Conditional text pagination control

[hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Linda:

You can control page breaks conditionally by creating a special
pb_PageBreak para tag.  This should have a space below of slighty greater
than the biggest text frame depth on your master pages, e.g. if the depth
of the main text frame on the Left page is 180mm, make the space below of
the pb_PageBreak para tag equal to 185mm.

NOTE:  Leave the pagination Start drop-list set to Anywhere and do NOT set
it to Top Of Page, etc.  The page break is forced entirely by the space
below.

Set up all the conditions in your book to reveal the appropriate content.
Then go through and paginate the book by inserting an empty pb_PageBreak
para wherever you want a break (type Ctrl-9, pb, Enter).  Apply appropriate
conditions so that this pb_PageBreak para is only revealed when you again
have to produce this deliverable with the same condition settings.  When
you set condition visibility differently for other deliverables, the page
break para will be hidden.

This way, you can have multiple DIFFERENT conditional page breaks in a
book.  But, I agree with Thomas, you should always do a final pagination
check, even with conditional page breaks, before generating the final TOC
and IX, and handing over the deliverable.

Regards,
Hedley


Hi Linda,

I'm not sure what others do, but I control page breaks in all documents
with tags -- a set of "top of page" tags variants (like Head1, Head1-Break,

etc.); and a set of "keep with next" tags (like Body, Body-Next;
Body-Indent, Body-Indent-Next; etc.).

This eliminates overrides (a feature in a doc, especially a shared doc) and

automates as far as possible the page-break process.

That said, there's no substitute for a final page-turn on every doc prior
to release just to check for awkward breaks -- conditional text or not --
just to avoid those surprises that make your work seem much less
professional than it is.

Hope this helps,

Tom Neuburger

The Masters Series: FrameMaker 6
ISBN 1-930597-01-0
20% discount at http://www.bn.com


Linda G. Gallagher wrote:

>Framers,
>
>I'm wondering how you control your pagination when you use conditional
text.
>Do most of you create a unique paragraph tag that is set to new page and
>conditionalize that tag or do you manually apply page breaks to paragraphs
>(override to existing paras)?
>
>With as often as the text I'm working with changes and the number of
>conditions I have (don't ask!), I'm not sure one method is better than the
>other, but I'd love to hear about your experience.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Linda G. Gallagher
>TechCom Plus
>lindag@techcomplus.com
>www.techcomplus.com


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