mmrudy wrote:
Thanks for the ideas. Invisibles are turned on. Wouldn't be without them. I'm not using the wrap option. I use section breaks.
Wrap is used on floating objects to repell text around their edges.
I edit a newsletter that consists of: page 1 single column with graphic headings, text, and a picture. Pages 2-5 are double columns including text and pictures, page 6 is a single column, usually text, with return address, page 7 is the inventory sheet. The inventory sheet is a graphic, it was scanned into iPhoto and eventually saved as a document. It needs no margins. In fact, adding margins seriously reduces space for listing inventory. Pages 1-6 need margins as they contain text and pictures.
Create pages with these layouts and "Capture" them as sections:
+Menu > Format > Advanced > Capture Pages…+ and save as a template.
These Sections will appear under the Sections icon on the Toolbar.
To learn more:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewtopic.php?t=182&mforum=iworktips ntrick
I removed the document margins from the document. Inserted a layout break at the top of page 1 (single column) and adjusted margins to those desired, a one line paragraph vanished. Inserted a layout break at the top of page 2 (double columns), adjusted margins to those desired. On pages 2-5 about a half inch of text is grayed out at the top and bottom of each page. Considerable white space has appeared. Stories that fit exactly onto the page now run over to the next page. Text describing the pictures has moved. Added the layout break at the top of Page 6, a single column that contains a graphic, some centered text, and the return address. It needed a little fixing, probably because of the centered text, but otherwise looks good.
I hoped that there would be a way to adjust the inventory page margins, rather than adjust the newsletter margins. Likely, dividing the newsletter into two documents is the way to go. This is an email newsletter sent as a pdf, so I'll send two pdfs rather than one.
If you use Layout breaks with Invisibles turned on you should be able to locate the problem areas.
Things do interact particularly Text Wrap from objects and settings in paragraphs which keep lines together. The later can particularly cause odd breaks due to the algorithm trying to keep a minimum number of lines at the end of a page, beginning of a page or associated with a heading.
If you have too much trouble turn the keep text together off and edit it manually.
If pages are filled with tables or images, use floating tables, shapes and text boxes which can be positioned anywhere. Pay attention to text wrap with these objects as they push things around and possibly over or off the page.
Peter
