Paragraph tag with Frame below

[Lorian Gans]

I couldn't resist - here's a funny about the entire "This page
intentionally left blank" craziness. Enjoy! 


Lorian Gans
Technical Writer
Cougar Mountain Software
(208) 375-4455 ext. 147
LorianGans at cougarmtn.com
www.cougarmtn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+loriangans=cougarmtn.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+loriangans=cougarmtn.com at lists.frameusers.com]
On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:00 PM
To: Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com
Cc: framers at frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Paragraph tag with Frame below

Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com wrote:
> Ok,
> 
> Got both of my first two questions answered quickly, so let me 
> continue on question #2.  I am required by the FAA on any 
> documentation that I produce to mark the blank page at the end of the 
> chapter with the phrase "INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK". Right now, the 
> writers simply manually hit return a couple of times and use a 
> paragraph tag called Blank Page that aligns the tag in the center of 
> the page and sets the font to uppercase, bold, arial, 10 point. The 
> problem is that not all writers place the phrase consistently in the 
> same location on a blank page either within their own documents or 
> across their documents and I want to make this consistent.
> 
> I have started this process with making a graphic called Blank Page - 
> it contains the words intentionally left blank - that's all.  I have 
> used this graphic on a reference page and set it up so that when I 
> apply it as a Frame Below a paragraph tag called Blank Page, it is 
> centered beneath the paragraph tag, which is also centered on the 
> page. The only thing - when I place this tag on a blank page, I want 
> to place it so that the tag is centered top/bottom on the blank page -

> otherwise, we just run into the same problem we had before - 
> consistently moving the graphic now (instead of free text) to the same
vertical alignment on a blank page.
> 
> Right now, I have it kinda' kludged  - it's a two-step process where 
> the users manually place a BlankPage_Step1 tag at the top of the blank

> page (which is always a left hand page), then press return and the 
> next paragraph tag is automatically the BlankPage tag which has a 
> space above set to 120 pts and the graphic centered.  I want to do 
> this in one step (if I am making any sense and if it is even 
> possible). When a user clicks at the top of the blank page, I want 
> them to be able to click BlankPage and have the tag automatically be 
> placed in the center of the page, but other than working with space 
> above a tag (which means having another tag first), I cant' figure out
a way to do this.
> 
Tammy,

Why not put your Blank Page text in its own frame on a special master
page and then use Apply Master Pages to apply it whenever a Blank Page
tag is used?

--
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

srogers phoenix-geophysics com

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