Bolding based on input of text field

[paulfla]

Page maker newbie here.

I have a business card template that performs a merge with a .txt file.

On the business card, the person's information builds from the bottom of the card up. They can have up to three different phone numbers and the address is optional. The Name must be in bold. Since I don't know what line the Name is going to be on, I wondering if I can "wrap" the text with some kind of character codes so it is bolded (the template does have Styles defined).

This information is passed from a user entered web page, so at that point I know what field is the person's Name field. When I display the preview to the user on the web page, I wrap the Name text with the HTML "<b>" and "</b>" character codes and it displays in bold.

When the text field is created for the PageMaker merge, are there certain character codes that can be "wrapped" around the Name text so that it will display in bold.

Thank you very much for your time in advance.

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, paulfla,

I'm not too savvy on PM's data merge, but my experience is that all the formatting is done in PM - i.e. the field in PM will embolden the plain text imported from the TXT file, preferably using the style palette.

> > Since I don't know what line the Name is going to be on,

You need to set up your TXT file so that you do know which line it is going on, perhaps by using extra commas or blank lines.

Try posting in Adobeforums where support for PM is far more active than here.

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.ee6b344

Iechtd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[penndro]

How do I create a header/footer that starts on page 2 in PageMaker 7.0? Very new to this software and trying to learn it "out of the box".

I want to create a page footer on the side of each page (excluding the front cover) and include an auto page # field in there with some other copyright text.

Can someone help me out with this?

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, penndro,

Use Master Pages.

See Pages 38-41 of the PM7 User Guide.

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[Eggles]

You can choose to display master pages on pages by checking (or unchecking) the 'Display Master Items' in the View menu. So for the front page, make sure this is unchecked. Auto page numbering is added by using Ctl+Alt+P on the master pages, which will show up as LM and RM (left and right master). You can format and position these and any other text on the MP as you would format text normally.