My document "properties" in template turns sideheads on for several files where it is unwanted

[Baruch Brodersen]

Richard,

Interesting. Amazing really.

I use Rick Quattro's ImportFormatsSpecial plug-in which splits out Document
Properties into these constituent parts: Volume number, chapter numbering,
page numbering, paragraph numbering, text options, change bars, footnote
props. & num., table footnote props. & num., marker type names, PDF
properties, and view options. 

For a screenshot go here:
http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/importformatsspecial/index.htm

When I select and import all of these, I observe no effect on column layout,
one column or two column, with or without sideheads.

However, when I look at the file's underlying MIF syntax I did find
<DFluidSideheads No> lurking in the Document Properties section. Changing
the tag to <DFluidSideheads Yes> had no visible effect on the document. The
MIF Reference Online Manual (FM 7.0) I have does not document this tag, so I
am at a loss as to what it does.

Baruch


-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.combs at Polycom.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:47 PM
To: Baruch Brodersen; Andersen, Verner Engell VEA;
framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: My document "properties" in template turns sideheads on for
severalfiles where it is unwanted

Baruch Brodersen wrote:
 
> My test showed no effect on column layout (i.e., sideheads) by
importing
> any
> or all Document Properties formats. Importing Page Layouts however,
did.

Column layout and room for side heads are two different issues.

I did some testing, too. I opened an index file, which has a two-column
layout with no room for side heads. I selected File > Import > Formats.
In the dialog, I made sure Document Properties was the only item
selected, and then I imported from a chapter file, which has a
one-column layout with room for side heads. 

The index file retained its two-column layout, but room for side heads
became turned on. Interestingly, the master pages were unchanged --
their text frames still did not have room for side heads. But the main
body flow did, confirming that room for side heads is a flow property,
not a text frame property. 

I reverted to saved and repeated the experiment, this time importing
only Page Layouts. Except for the first page (which uses a custom
master page unique to my index files), the index file lost its
two-column layout. But room for side heads did _not_ turn on. The
default master pages were replaced by the single-column ones from the
chapter file, and they had room for side heads turned on. But the main
body flow did not.
 
Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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