Page headers from heading at end of previous page

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July 5, 2023
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The page header usually picks up the first heading on a page, but there's a disconnect if the topic from the previous page bleeds to the top of the page you want the header (doesn't reflect what you're reading).

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Winfried Reng

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Hi Bert,

I am not sure, what your issue is.

The running header variable in a not-connected text frame lists the corresponding heading on that page.

If text from a section on a previous page a runs into the next page b, the heading will still be the heading of page b.

If there are several headings on a page, you can add a +, so that the last heading on the page is listed.

This is described in the online help.

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/using-framemaker/user-guide/topic_add-variables-to-headers-and-footers.html

Best regards, Winfried

Bert1823Author

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The way I have it defined, the page header always picks up the heading that appears on the page, even if starts in the middle of the page, with the result that the remaining material from the previous page's heading that appears at the top doesn't correspond to the page header. I don't have the luxury of always starting a heading at the top of a fresh page. There's got to be a way to fix that.

Bert1823Author

Known Participant

The "script" would be "Use the first heading on the page as the page header, EXCEPT if there is residual text from the previous page's LAST heading topic at the top of the page, THEN use previous page's heading as the page header." This is important to distinguish the material if the NEXT header is quite a way down the page. Is that possible?

Bert1823Author

Known Participant

I'm using the traditional Running H/F 2 header to pick up <$paratext[Head_1,Head_2,Command_Header,Command_Header_2]>. I could use Running H/F 5 instead, where you can set different odd and even page headers and even do a "dictionary" header setting of "first header on page for odd (recto) pages" and "last header on page for even (verso) pages" by adding a +, before the Head_1 on the even page to pick up the last heading on the page, but that's not what I want.

Bert1823Author

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I meant "first heading on page for odd" and "last heading on page for even." I just want the last heading on the previous page to show up on the next page where the topic under the heading bleeds over to the next page.

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