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jay fresno
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One flow on left pages; a second flow on right pages

  • March 7, 2010
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Is there a way to set up FrameMaker document so that one flow of text is only on left pages and a second flow of text is only on right pages -- without having to manually connect the frames in pairs throughout the document?

In other words, I don't want to have to tediously connect two frames every time a new page is added. Once the master pages are set up, I just want Flow A text to flow from page 1 to 3 to 5, and so forth; and Flow B to flow from page 2 to 4 to 6, and so forth -- automatically.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

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    Correct answer Winfried Reng

    Hi,

    I did this some time ago. I do not remember, whether it worked.

    Better:

    Create two text flows A and B on each master page. Do not forget

    to activate "Autoconnect".

    On the right master page position and adjust text flow A as you want to have it.

    Position text flow B somewhere else in the margin. Adjust the width of text flow B

    so that it is so narrow that not even a single character fits into this text flow.

    On the left pages vice versa:

    Text flow B as you want to have it.

    Text flow A too narrow for a single character.

    I just testet it again, and it works.

    Best regards

    Winfried

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    Winfried RengCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 8, 2010

    Hi,

    I did this some time ago. I do not remember, whether it worked.

    Better:

    Create two text flows A and B on each master page. Do not forget

    to activate "Autoconnect".

    On the right master page position and adjust text flow A as you want to have it.

    Position text flow B somewhere else in the margin. Adjust the width of text flow B

    so that it is so narrow that not even a single character fits into this text flow.

    On the left pages vice versa:

    Text flow B as you want to have it.

    Text flow A too narrow for a single character.

    I just testet it again, and it works.

    Best regards

    Winfried

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    peter minneapolis
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    March 8, 2010

    Winfried Reng wrote:

    Hi,

    I did this some time ago. I do not remember, whether it worked.

    Better:

    Create two text flows A and B on each master page. Do not forget

    to activate "Autoconnect".

    On the right master page position and adjust text flow A as you want to have it.

    Position text flow B somewhere else in the margin. Adjust the width of text flow B

    so that it is so narrow that not even a single character fits into this text flow.

    On the left pages vice versa:

    Text flow B as you want to have it.

    Text flow A too narrow for a single character.

    I just testet it again, and it works.

    Best regards

    Winfried

    Hi, Winfried:

    What version of FrameMaker are you using? I seem to recall that this strategy worked in early releases of FrameMaker, but it failed somewhere around FrameMaker 6, 7, or 8. I don't have FrameMaker available right now, so I can't test it in FM9.

    Regards,

    Peter

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    Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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    March 8, 2010

    Hi Peter,

    I tested this with FrameMaker 8.0p277.

    The first test did not work. Only after I deleted the second page

    and added text again, text flowed from page 1 to page 3 and from

    page 2 to page 4.

    Best regards

    Winfried

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