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You can add as many page layouts to a project as you need for generating print-based output. If you want to create a manual where the page headers and footers, orientation, page size, and margins are different for various parts of the manual, you will need multiple page layouts. If the page header and footer content, as well as the configuration, are the same for all pages in the manual, you only need one page layout.
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Let's say you are creating a manual that consists of front matter (e.g., title page, copyright page, and table of contents), 10 chapters, and an index. Perhaps you want all of the pages in the manual to measure 8 inches in height and 6 inches in width. Furthermore, you might want some pages (e.g., title and copyright pages) to contain no headers or footers, while you want the other parts of the manual to contain header text and page numbers at the bottom. In a situation such as this, you might create one page layout for your title and copyright pages, a second page layout for your TOC, a third page layout to be used by all of the chapters, and a fourth page layout to be used by the index. Each page layout might contain the same page size settings, but different page headers and footers.
After determining the number of page layouts that are needed to produce the kind of output you want, you can add the page layout files to the project (select Project>Add Page Layout). The best course of action is usually to use the factory templates provided by Flare and edit them as necessary. Another approach is to make copies of finished page layouts. After you configure a page layout as needed (adding pages, frames, page size settings, content), you can copy that page layout to create the additional ones that you need. That way, much of the work may already be completed in the subsequent page layouts, with only some tweaking necessary.
See About Page Layouts.
How to add a page layout
Select Project>Add Page Layout.
The Add New Page Layout dialog opens.
In the Template Folders area, select one of the folders.
The Templates section to the right displays the page layout templates contained in the folder you selected. Click here to find out what templates are all about.
In the Templates area, select a page layout template.
Following are the factory page layout templates provided by Flare. Many of these layouts already contain multiple page types. And many of the pages already contain content or variables in header or footer frames (e.g., page numbers, Chapter Number variables, Heading variables).
Why are some templates called "Resizable"? It's not because only those page layouts contain pages that can be resized. You can resize the pages in any of these templates. The difference is that the "Resizable" templates contain frames that have been "anchored" to the edges. This means that those frames maintain the same distance from the edges of the page if you choose to resize the page. The frames in other templates are not yet anchored (but they can be), which means that those frames will not automatically be resized if you decide to enlarge or reduce the page.
You can also create your own page layout templates, which can be used in the future when you create new page layouts.
Click Add.
The page layout is added to the Resources\PageLayouts subfolder in the Content Explorer. The Page Layout Editor opens to the right, displaying the page layout.
After adding a page layout, you can add more pages to the layout. You can also add frames to the pages and edit them. See Adding Pages, Adding Page Layout Frames, and Editing Pages and Frames.