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Nov 8, 2022 7:09 PM UTC
Question

How to Apply a Blank Page before the LOEP in a Book

I have added THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK pages to numerous manuals, but never added to the very beginning of a book.

 

I am needing to add a blank, non-generated title/copyright page before the generated LOEP pages in my book. I obviously need the text frame, so that I can add content to the title/copyright page(s), and I need to start the first title/copyright page with Roman numeral i (a Right Page, obviously).

 

Currently, in my book's page-numbering properties, I already have the LOEP starting with page i. So, how do I add the new. blank title/copyright page, starting with page i and renumber the first LOEP page as iii.

 

Thanks!

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    Nov 14, 2022 10:38 PM UTC

    Since TPILB are really at the end of a text flow, create a new para style that paginates at the top of a left-hand page, and that has a Frame Below with a text frame with your TPILB text.

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    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Bob_Niland
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    Nov 13, 2022 3:16 PM UTC

    On the issue of TPILB generally, be aware that there are several approaches.

    Here's the legacy shaggy dog thread on the topic:
    2012: "Page intentionally left blank."

    In my recent projects, I've been using the AMP hack, where the default Left & Right MPs are the TPILB pages, as any actual page ¶format content is mapped by AMP to intended page layouts.

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    Bob_Niland
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    Nov 8, 2022 8:25 PM UTC

    Why not just add a new book component file, perhaps colophon.fm, ahead of the LOEP?

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