Chapter Headings "continued"

[db]

I'm trying to accomplish something in a large document that I think should
be very simple.

I'm using a user-created style for my document, which uses cross-referencing
to generate a TOC at the beginning.

In the header of the following pages, I use a STYLEREF-Heading 2 field to
display the Level 2 heading at the top of each page. Of course, some
chapters span several pages and end midway down a page.
The STYLEREF field always picks up the first occurrence of a level 2 heading
that it sees on each page.

What I really want it to do is to keep a running tab of the current style.
That is, instead of the field picking up the first level 2 heading it sees
on the current page, it I want it to pickup the current level 2 heading, and
if it is on any page past the first instance of that heading, then it would
display "continued from page X" in the header.

How do I manipulate fields to give me this effect?

I know this sounds complicated, but I think its really simple. It's no
different than the way chapter headings are done in most large documents or
books.

 

[Jezebel]

This is actually a somewhat unusual requirement, which is why there is no
entirely straightforward way to do it. (If you're reading chapter X, it's
usually obvious if you're on the first or a subsequent page of that chapter,
and usually irrelevant what page that chapter started on.)

However, you could do it like this:


1. Insert a section break immediately before each chapter heading.

2. Format your sections to use different first page/subsequent page headers
and footers (File > Page Setup : Layout)

3. The first page header will be used only if the chapter starts at the top
of the page; otherwise the ordinary page header will be used.

4. Add a bookmark for each chapter heading, called eg Chapter_01,
Chapter_02, etc

5. Use a field construction like

{ StyleRef \l "Heading 2" } continued from { PageRef { QUOTE "Chapter_"
{ Section \# "00" } } }

The \l (lowercase L) switch tells StyleRef to use the LAST instance of the
style on the page, not the first.

As it stands, the field coding assumes that chapter numbers and sections
correspond (ie, chapter 2 = section 2). If not, you'll need to replace the
Section field with a calculation field based on the section, eg use { = {
Section } - 2 \# "00" } if the section number is 2 more than the chapter
number.

 

[db]

In this medium, its difficult sometimes to see what other see. I don't mean to trivialize the problem. After all, if it were that simple, I've had figured it out! It's the age old dilemma with computers:getting them to understand what you want and then telling them how to generate it.

In any case, let me try a picture...


***************************************
* Page1 "Nothing here yet" *
*-------------------------------------*
* *
* Heading 1 "Chapter 1" *
* *
* Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *

***************************************
*Page2 "Heading 2 "Alpha" continued *
* ------------------------------------*
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Alpha" *
* *
* Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *

***************************************
*Page3 "Heading 2 "Bravo",continued *
* ------------------------------------*
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Bravo" *
* *
* Heading 2 "Charlie" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Cats" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Cats" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Cats" *
* Body Text under Heading 2 "Cats" *
* *

* and so on........


This represents (as well as one can in .txt) what I want to accomplish in my document. Think of it as a schematic sketch. It looks best if viewed in a non-proportional font like Courier New...