Dictionary style layout in Frame

[Art Campbell]

Ken,

I think the tag method would work with flowing text, too, but I
wouldn't want to see the size of a single file after you imported
12,000 slides. It'd take a while to do much. Like to move from page to
page...

That's why I prefaced my message with "I would." ... break it into 26
files. ;- )

Art

On 10/5/07, Kenneth C. Benson <kbenson at pegtype.com> wrote:
> Tina Ricks wrote:
>
> > When I go from G to H in a dictionary, for
> > example, there is a horizontal separator across both columns and a great big
> > letter H, and then the H words start. I can't do this with master pages,
> > because the separator needs to "flow" with the text. Does that make any
> > sense? If this was Word, I'd think of it like a floating section break. But
> > it needs to go across two columns.
>
>
> Art's method is going to work great if you want each letter to start a
> new page, but I think what you want is for text to flow from the top of
> the left column down to the middle of the left column, jump to the top
> of the right column down to the middle of the right column, back to the
> left column in the middle, span both columns with a letter break, then
> continue with text in the left column under the break filling the
> remainder of the left and right columns.
>
> The only way I know to do this in Frame is by using two text frames, one
> for the top two columns, and a second one for the letter break and the
> bottom two columns. Since the letter break is not likely to end up in
> the same vertical position for every letter, this is not something you
> could accomplish with one master page, although you could certainly do
> it with 26 (one for each letter). But I'm not sure of the benefit of
> making 26 master pages, each of which would have to be adjusted every
> time the text reflowed. Probably just as easy and maintainable to use
> one master page with two text boxes and adjust each usage of that page
> locally.
>
> If you have any control over the design, starting each letter on a new
> page and following Art's instructions will make life a lot simpler.
>
> Kenneth Benson
> Pegasus Type, Inc.
> www.pegtype.com
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