[softwarelist] Re: Linking pages
- From: JayCee <jaygcee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:24:07 +0100
In message <byIaKOC20yaFFwev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4e686f8c4e.jaycee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JayCee
> <jaygcee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>Sorry I wasn't very clear was I - I hav a document which has one frame
>>on a master page so a new document brngs up a normal page with just
>>the one master frame on it. When this is full of text I thought it
>>should automatically create a new page for the text to flow onto
>
> Only if the frame is an autolinked one.
>
>> but
>>it doesn't. If I 'add a page' then another page appears with just the
>>master frame on it again but I cannot get the text to flow from page 1
>>to page 2 even though when the linking tool is turned on an arrow is
>>shown between the two master frames.
>
> Odd behaviour.
>
>>Autolink seems to be what I am looking for.
>
> On the master pages, select the link tool. An auto linked frame should
> have an arrow back into itself - and if it does not you can create such
> a link. If you create an auto link OP will ask for confirmation and if
> you select an auto link and press delete it will again ask for
> confirmation.
>
>>I have just experimented and if I click <select> on the iconbar icon
>>then it does as I described ie doesn't create a new page and flow
>>automatically but if I click <menu> and select 'new' then it does work
>>as expected.
>>Is this the normal action?
>
> I wouldn't think so, but when you click on the icon bar icon you're
> create a new copy of the default document (something which you create
> and save from the file menu), when you click on 'new' you're creating a
> document from scratch.
>
> So all this may come down to you've created an unusual default document.
>
>
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JayCee
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