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HTH Regards, Peter __________________ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Baruch Brodersen <baruch at technitext.com> wrote: > 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 > 303-223-5111 > ------ > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-777-0436 > ------ > > > > >