Add a landscape page in the middle of portrait document?

[writelynn]

I need to have one page with  landscape orientation in the middle of a document that's otherwise got portrait orientation. I tried to add a disconnected page, and create a new master page, but I can't seem to get it to change the paper size for just that master page.  I went to Format>Page Layout>Page Size and set the new size, but I got an error message that says "The new page size is too small for some custome master page column layouts.." It seems to want to change the layout of all of the pages. What's the correct way to add this page?

Thanks

[Art_Campbell1]

If the page is the same size as the rest of the book and you only need to change the orientation, the easiest way to do it would be to create a new master page set up with normal headers/footers but a rotated text frame.

Then specify that master page in Format > Page Layout...

If you're actually talking about a different page/sheet size, then that's a different problem / solution.

[writelynn]

How do I rotate the text frame?

[Art_Campbell1]

Select the frame, then Graphics > Rotate.

Then resize to fit the landscape page orientation

Art

[writelynn]

Thanks. I did that and now the page is oriented the way I want. I seem to have created a new issue. I put a table into that text frame, and when I try to edit anything in the table, I can only select the entire table. I can't make any changes to the table. Any more helpful tips?

[Arnis Gubins · Accepted solution]

The text frame has to be oriented in a horizontal manner for text entry.

If your table is wide, then create a rotated landscape master page. There's a tutorial on the Scriptorium Wiki for this at:

http://wiki.scriptorium.com/tiki-index.php?page=Adding+the+LandscapeRight+master+page

It's also described in the FM User Guide (or online help) in the section "Creating and editing custom master pages" as "Creating a rotated master page", the location in the Guide will vary depending upon your specific FM version.

[writelynn]

Thank you for your help on this.