Tough one - need to duplicate a layout for each new page

[Michael]

Hello, experts. I hope you can appreciate a challenge...
I feel that Word can do what I'm about to ask, but I
don't know how. Read on:

I'm using a master/subdocument construct, with all styles
derived from the master style list. This is simple
enough, but what I'm trying to do is create a book that
has one page layout for left-hand pages, and one for
right-hand pages. More specifically, for left-hand pages,
I want a column on the outside (left) and a space
(textbox maybe?) for a graphic, and the opposite for
right-hand pages. My problem is, pagination isn't
finalized until the document is final, so I need Word to
know which layout to use based on left-hand or right-hand
(if looking at it like a booklet).

The text in the column and the graphic will be entered
manually. But I need the layout to apply to any new page
created during the drafting of the page.

Phew!! Sounds like a mouthful. I hope to avoid VBA to do
this...

Thanks for your feedback. Please let me know if I wasn't
clear in my post.

Regards,

Michael

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Michael

I'm using a master/subdocument construct, with all styles
derived from the master style list. This is simple
enough, but what I'm trying to do is create a book that
has one page layout for left-hand pages, and one for
right-hand pages. More specifically, for left-hand pages,
I want a column on the outside (left) and a space
(textbox maybe?) for a graphic, and the opposite for
right-hand pages. My problem is, pagination isn't
finalized until the document is final, so I need Word to
know which layout to use based on left-hand or right-hand
(if looking at it like a booklet).

Are you envisioning the same graphic on each, say, odd page of your book
or at least the same for each chapter? Or do you simply want room there
in case you insert a picture on certain pages? The former is a something
for basic header/footer/page margin setup, the latter is usually tackled
with a style that applies a frame.

Word handles page specifica on a section basis, so you might want to
start off with the following article:

Working with sections (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm

And, if you didn't already read that one:
Creating a Template (Part II, by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

WARNING:
Before you have thoroughly understood most of the above, don't even TRY
to use Master Documents.

Why Master Documents corrupt (by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

2cents
..bob
...Word-MVP

 

[Charles Kenyon]

"Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not
only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the
limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these
newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a sure way to
destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are
not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said
that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and
those that will be corrupt soon. See <URL:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm> for more
information on what goes wrong, and <URL:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm> for ideas on
how to salvage what you can.

--

Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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