XML/EDD Vertical Text Placement in Structured Frame 12

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Tim...

There are "top of page" properties for paragraph styles but not "bottom 
of page". The only way to specify vertical placement of content (within 
the same flow) is to specify the "space above" or "space below" for that 
paragraph tag.

For the main body of each page, you'll likely need to use different 
elements to define the various types of content so you can assign 
differing para tags which apply the right formatting. For the content at 
the bottom, the only thing I can think of is that you'd set up that 
content as attribute values of an element rather than content, then 
you'd include that in the footer region of the page and reference the 
attribute values as header/footer variables.

Here's a rough example. First the XML ..

<pages>
<page pm="Dr. John Manager" poc="Jane Poc / John Peosey">
<title>Test of invariance at the South Pole</title>
<subtitle1>A-985-S</subtitle1>
<subtitle2>NSF/PLR Award 9876543</subtitle2>
...
</page>
...
</pages>

Then on the master page expand the footer area to accommodate the new 
info and use the header/footer variables ..

Running H/F 3 = "<$attribute[pm]>
Running H/F 4 = "<$attribute[poc]>

.. with a little tweaking, it *should* work.  :o

That's all that comes to mind .. not terribly complex, but a little 
tricky. Maybe someone else will have another idea.

Of course, there's also the scripting route. You could create an 
ExtendScript or plugin that performs whatever post-processing is needed. 
I think the header/footer variables approach would be easier for this 
situation, but if your formatting gets more complex you may need to get 
out the hammer.

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892

On 6/3/14 9:01 AM, Bjokne, Tim (Contractor) wrote:
> XML/EDD Vertical Text Placement in Structured Frame 12
>
> I am relatively new to structured Framemakerand am looking for the way 
> to control theverticalplacement of theXML contentviatheEDD,multiple 
> textflows, or _____?_____.
>
> I have a functioning EDD and Frame template into which I have 
> successfully imported anXMLfile, which then takes on the font style as 
> assigned by the paragraph and character styles. The problem is that 
> the content is notverticallyplaced where I want it on the page. For 
> example, some text that is imported needs to be immediately above the 
> page number at the bottom ofeachpage,regardlessof how much of the page 
> is filled with text, which varies significantly from page to page.
>
> Attached is a PDF ofa couple of pages ofwhat the finished product 
> should look like.FYI-To get the text to appear vertically where I 
> needed it, I inserted carriage returns manually.Without those carriage 
> returns, there would only be one line break between the various sections.
>
> I assume (hope?) there issome way to control where the text appearsin 
> StructuredFrame, not just the font style, size, bold, italic,left, 
> right, centerjustification, etc.I have searched the web with every 
> possible combination of search terms I could think of, but have had no 
> luck in finding an answer.
>
> Any help with this would be much appreciated.Thanks!
>
> Tim
>
> <<FrameContentExample.pdf>>
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