If you want a page layout that FrameMaker cannot deliver automatically, then overriding the template for the printed output is your only option.
The alternatives are to devise a template that produces a flawless page, or at least an acceptable one, every time; or to lower your standards for page layout and just print whatever your template produces. Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Hi all, good morning. > > FM 8.0, XP. > > This is really a best practices question. > > A couple of weeks ago, there was a discussion about overrides, and how > they should be used rarely or not at all. > > So I thought about that and started to watch our use of overrides. > > We use overrides all the time. For instance, if a figure would be > better placed at the top of the next page, we create that override > (our figure tag is set at Anywhere). > > We also used Top of Page when we want to keep a paragraph from > breaking over two pages. > > Is it really preferable to create a paragraph tag for each instance of > formatting? I'd end up a lot of one-time-use-only tags. > > Also, most of these overrides occur in the editing process, after the > content has been established and we are focused on making the document > look professional. Should I be creating tags as I edit the document, > rather than override the existing tag as I make layout decisions? > > A second question, now that I'm really thinking about this: > > I'm really bothered by the Top of Page as an override, because if we > add text to the front end, that override is going to force a Top of > Page we might not want. But I haven't been able to find a "keep > together" option, like Word has for keeping lines of text together. > Next Pgf is similar, but it works differently in significant ways. > You can't Next Pgf a single paragraph, for instance, but you can keep > it whole without forcing it to the top of the next page in Word. > > Anyway, any comments and insight into the override / editor's role / > tidying up the document / is there a "keep together" issue would be > most welcome! > > Thanks, > > Deirdre > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jowens%40magma.ca > > Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.