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FieryPantone
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May 29, 2019
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challenged by a new header definition

  • May 29, 2019
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It has been years since I've had to make a completely new cover-page layout, but the wind of change is blowing … I started from an existing cover, of course, and set up new styles for the first and second lines in the header. Results satisfying close to what I was aiming for.

But then I switched from master-page view to body-page view, applying the same master-page I'd just finished: and the header doesn't appear! I really have no idea what's going on, and would welcome advice.

By the way, Belgian holiday patterns mean I'll be out of office Thursday and Friday – so don't take it wrong if I don't reply to your input / solutions till Monday.

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Correct answer Barb Binder

Hi FieryPantone:

The fact that we can see the frame edges on the body page means you added a Template frame and not a Background frame to the master page. Template frames hold data that you add on body pages, Background frames hold repeating information like headers, footers and so on. 

Return to the master, select and cut the text, delete the template frame (make a note of width/height and x/y offsets first if you like in Graphics > Object Properties) and then when you draw the frame, be sure to select Background frame. If you noted the current object properties, just reenter the values after you add the new Background frame. Then paste in the text and apply to the body page as usual.

~Barb

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FieryPantoneAuthor
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June 3, 2019

Thanks, everyone … I'm slightly embarrassed now, and the more so after having one of those "aha!" moments just after logging off that left me wondering about the frame wettings. Yes, of course: it was the wrong sort of frame. (and I'm not going to ask any questions about why it seemed to work in other files) Following Barb's tip (which layered nicely with the other input) solved the problem, so all that's left is the arm-wrestling when I try to explain to CorpComm that the cover-page of a document is not a brochure and therefore has a different lay-out ;-}

    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    May 30, 2019

    Hi FieryPantone:

    The fact that we can see the frame edges on the body page means you added a Template frame and not a Background frame to the master page. Template frames hold data that you add on body pages, Background frames hold repeating information like headers, footers and so on. 

    Return to the master, select and cut the text, delete the template frame (make a note of width/height and x/y offsets first if you like in Graphics > Object Properties) and then when you draw the frame, be sure to select Background frame. If you noted the current object properties, just reenter the values after you add the new Background frame. Then paste in the text and apply to the body page as usual.

    ~Barb

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    LinSims
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    LinSimsCommunity Expert
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    May 29, 2019

    I'm betting that what's happened is that the header frame isn't actually a header frame, and that you've connected it to the main frame. Check its object properties to see if it has a label in the Flow section, and if "Autoconnect" is selected.

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      Stefan Gentz
      Legend
      May 29, 2019

      This, or the frame on the master page is setup as a „body page placeholder“ and not as a master page frame?

      Body page placeholder frames on a master page can be filled with sample text but on the body page they will be empty and are ready to be filled with „real“ content.

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