naming master pages

[chouchou]

hi there, just wandering if, by any chance, there is a way to give names to master pages in Xpress 4.1. This would be very useful to find rapidly, lets say, a chapter starting page.
No surprise that Quark had'nt thought of that...of course.
thanks anyway
Jean

 

[strutu]

Try this:

1. Press F4 key; you will see the DOCUMENT LAYOUT window. The default name for the first master page is "A MAster A", you will see that on the top of the window

2. Double click (mouse) on "A Master A" page name

3. Rename the page (type the name you want, e.g. "My Chapter Title Page&quot

OK. You'r ready. You can do the same job with "B Master B", "C Master C", ....

Good luck

 

[chouchou]

thanks strutu but, and it's my mistake, I meant giving a name to pages in the document layout, that is : not only the letter of the master page "putted" on a normal page, but any word that could be, lets say, with the page number.

hu, still sounds unclear to me too.... got to practice my english
i'll see that tomorow

Thanks again

 

[blueark]

You can create sections in your document. Go to a specific page and use Page > Section...

Click 'Section Start' and give it a short prefix (up to four charactors) and it should be a little easier to find. It's not and ideal solution, though. Automatic page numbering will be messed up a bit, for example.

Probably a better strategy would be to create several individual documents and create a book (File > New > Book) to contain them all. That way you have a palette with all the main sections available to you.