[softwarelist] Re: OPW - insert options greyed out for Master Pages
- From: Clive Bonsall <c.bonsall@xxxxxxxx>
- To: David Pilling <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:53:50 +0000
Hi again
>> In message <3E1580EA-DE04-446F-9B47-133F1A804B4C@xxxxxxxx>, Clive Bonsall
>> <c.bonsall@xxxxxxxx> writes
>>> I'm trying to edit a Master Page in an old document, but I'm finding that
>>> the
>>> options under Misc>Insert are greyed out. What could I have done to disable
>>> this function?
>>
>> By design you can't insert things in a master frame that autolinks.
>>
>> Non-autolink chain master page frames can have text in, but then text can't
>> be added to the frames in the normal document that are based on them.
>>
>> That seems the most likely explanation, let me know if it isn't the right
>> one.
>
>
> The Master Page has two columns with an autolink between them, which I
> presume was created automatically when I specified 2 columns in Page
> Guidelines, so that text can flow from one page to the next.
>
> However, there are two other frames that I added to the Master Page for the
> header and footer - and these do not appear to be autolinked. I can edit
> (e.g. insert page number) the footer frame, but not the header frame. The
> only difference between the two additional frames is that the header frame
> has a border.
Aha … I've just worked it out. The header frame already had some text in it,
which I added in the normal document. Removing that text allows text input in
the Master Page view. Sorry.
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Clive Bonsall
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