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Specifying Section Breaks and Master Pages

In Flare, you can specify section breaks for print-based output (Adobe PDF, Microsoft XPS, XHTML, Microsoft Word, and Adobe FrameMaker). Doing this allows you to accomplish the following:

• You can add actual section breaks into Microsoft Word output. Section breaks are a feature unique to Word.
• You can take advantage of section auto-numbering. For more information see About Auto-Numbers.

• You can use a section break to apply a master page to Microsoft Word or FrameMaker output, starting at that location in the content. Master pages can be used to add header and footer content, insert page numbers, and specify the page size and orientation. The rest of this topic deals with using section breaks to apply master pages.

  Note: As an alternative to master pages, you can use page layouts for print-based output. Whereas master pages are used only for Word and FrameMaker outputs, page layouts can be used for all print-based outputs. See About Page Layouts.

If you create one or more master pages for Word or FrameMaker output, you need to specify how those master pages will be used. You have a couple of options.

• You can use one or more master pages for specific sections of your print-based output (specify section breaks and master pages).

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• You can use just one master page for every page of the output (associate a master page with a target).

How to specify section breaks and master pages for print-based output

If you are producing Microsoft Word or Adobe FrameMaker output, you can specify places in your outline TOC where you want to create section breaks for your print-based output. A primary reason for using a section break is to specify that a particular chunk of Word or FrameMaker output should use a certain print master page. The output uses the specified master page for the rest of the document, or until it comes across another section break/master page that you have included in the outline TOC.

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Let's say you are producing a print-based document that includes a title page, a TOC, 15 chapters, and an index. If you want to include page numbering in the printed document, starting with the first chapter (i.e., no page numbers on the title page or TOC) and continuing to the end of the document, you can create a print master page for this purpose. You can specify in the print master page that the even numbers are placed at the bottom-left of those pages and the odd numbers are placed at the bottom-right of those pages. Then, in your outline TOC, you can create a section break where the first page of the first chapter occurs and associate the master page with that section.

Use the following steps if you want to use this method.

1. Make sure the Project Organizer is open. By default, the Project Organizer is located on the left side of the interface in an accordion structure with the Content Explorer, unless you have previously moved it and saved the new layout. You may have to click the Project Organizer bar to bring it into view.
2. Double-click the TOCs folder.

3. Double-click the TOC that you plan to use for the print-based output.

   The TOC Editor opens to the right.

4. Select the entry in the TOC where you want to insert a section break, and where you want a print master page to start being displayed in the print-based output.

5. In the local toolbar, click .

   The Properties dialog for the TOC entry opens.

6. Click the Printed Output tab.
7. Click Start a new section.
8. Click the down arrow in the field Configure section using this Master Page, and select the print master page that you want to use.
9. Click OK.
10. Repeat steps 4-9 for each print master page that you want to associate with a particular section.

    Note: You do not have to follow these steps for every single TOC entry within that section—only for the first TOC entry in that section. The master page will be used in the print-based output starting at that location in the content and continuing to the end of the document, or until it comes across another section break/master page that you have designated.

11. Press CTRL+S or click to save your work.

How to associate a master page with a print target

Use the following steps if you want to include only one master page in your Word or FrameMaker output, displaying that master page on every page of the output.

1. Open the Word or FrameMaker target that you are using to create the output.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click the drop-down arrow in the Master Page field, and select the print master page that you want to associate with the target.
4. Press CTRL+S or click to save your work.

WHAT'S NEXT?

You can also specify chapter breaks for your printed output.

In addition, you can move on to any of the remaining tasks for creating printed output.

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