Re: Idea: Start of chapter with top of first line down the page

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

An even simpler way is to specify in the chapter heading paragraph format a
Frame Above that references a  reference page frame (empty) that provides
the required space above.
At 11:25 AM 4/23/99 -0400, Jay Smith wrote:
>(FM 556 on Win95)
>
>Hi,
>
>I am sure that this is a really obvious trick that a bizillion people already
>use. However, it was new to me.
>
>Normally you want a chapter to start new on a right page.  In my case, I also
>need the chapter heading to appear a couple inches down said page.
>
>Up to this point, we had used a first-page-in-chapter master page, but because
>tags cannot be tied to master pages (i.e. cause master pages to be used where
>the tag is located), it meant having each chapter in a separate file because
>that way the first page could easily use the first-page-in-chapter master page
>without causing any flow and master page assignment problems (as text is added
>and removed).  That means having multiple files, a book, a template/master
>file, etc.  A big pain.
>
>When you set a paragraph to be at the top of a right page, FM ignores any
>Space Above Paragraph setting, thus you can't push the chapter heading down.
>
>So... very simple solution (but why did it not occur to us earlier?):  Above
>the chapter heading, add a "empty" paragraph tagged "chapter-head-above" and
>set IT to appear at the top of a right page and set Space Below to be what
>ever space you want.  Then set "chapter-head" to appear Anywhere.  
>
>It is so simple that I feel really stupid for not having used it before. 
>Maybe telling my story (My name is Jay and I feel stupid...) will help
>somebody else?
>
>Jay
>
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