I'd really L*O*V*E to take credit for this cool idea, but unless I
wrote it in a trance, I don't think it's mine.
However, I'd like to embellish it with this suggestion:
If you plan to use it, DOCUMENT it thoroughly in a tagged text frame
(Flow: A, for example) on all master pages in the files that rely on
it. Text in a tagged text frame doesn't appear in the body pages that
employ the tagged frame. Because this technique works against the
usual expected behavior, anyone new who may be trying to troubleshoot
the files will thank you for the information. If you prefer, you can
create a brief statement that points to the location of more detailed
documentation about your customization, perhaps on a reference page
of the file, or even in the comments column of the Apply Master Pages
Mapping table itself.
At 3:46 PM -0500 3/22/06, T.W. Smith wrote:
A better trick that was told to me on the Adobe U2U forums, by I believe
Sheila Carlisle or maybe Peter Gold, several years ago was this:
Use master page mappings.
Create a new left master page. Call it "LeftAllTheTime" or something. Set it
up so that it is always used by pages that contain text, such as map it to
headings, body text, graphics anchors, etc.
Redefine the Left master page to contain only the "Page Left Blank" text.
Thus, when you update your document master page mappings, any page with real
text or graphics (etc.) uses the "LeftAllTheTime" master page. If there is
no such text, and the page count is made even, the Left master page will be
used by FrameMaker by default and will contain the correct text. If you
later add text, and the make-even page goes away, so too your "Page Left
Blank" text goes away.
This process is pretty automatic and error free.
Regards,
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
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