TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
All, after googling the universe - and getting plenty of un-help from
the delicious Microsoft site - I narrowed my search to Techwr-l. The
closest thing I found was John Posada's query in 2004. He wanted pretty
much what I want. We're forced to use Word 2003 here. I'm trying to use
styles for everything, as a responsible techwriter would.
I'm trying to find how I include "start at top of next odd-numbered
page" (or words/constraints/functions to that effect) as part of a
style.
I can't see how to achieve it via the menus, with respect to paragraph
styles (like my Chapter style), and I can't see where some other kind of
style would be more appropriate .
The 2004 discussion was approaching the point where John was making his
desire understood, when he foolishly mentioned how effortless the same
action was in FM. Somebody (coughDMBrowncough) immediately took that
opportunity to derail the thread by choosing to construe John's
context-making remark as Word bashing. No doubt there are other threads
where discussion was allowed to proceed all the way to the actual
technique for doing what needs done (NOT manually inserting section
breaks before each Chapter heading, but rather sensibly automating it
via a style), but I seem to be in a Google fog this morning and haven't
found them.
Can some kind soul point me, please?
Cheerio,
Kevin
The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or
printed documentation. Features include support for Windows Vista & 2007
Microsoft Office, team authoring, plus more. http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList
True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.
Help & Manual is the most powerful authoring tool for technical
documentation. Boost your productivity! http://www.helpandmanual.com
---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-
