Thank you, Steve, that accomplished what I wanted, but, boy is it
aggravating. One problem is that I didn't want to use textbook format
so I used the standard literary format. In Word, using the BANA
template, I designated the title page (and later the main page)--that
puts a message at each location in red saying what it's going to do in
Duxbury and the message will self-destruct. Well, the message doesn't
go away. Then, on my title page, I had some blank lines (which I
wanted). In Dux those cause the heading style to start and stop on
each side of the blank line -- which, when translated, causes each
blank line to function as a page break. Then I wanted to format an
attribution. There's a Word style for it, but it didn't seem to carry
over, and I never did find a way to do it in Dux.
Thank you Betsy and Debra who offered to help me over the phone--I may
well have occasion to call you in the near future.
Diane Nousanen
DianeNousanen@xxxxxxxxx
(512) 206-9108
1100 West 45th St.
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Austin, Tex. 78756
(512) 206-9108
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:07 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: formatting a book
Diane,
The two codes that control the type of page numbering are [pntr]
(Roman) and
[pnta] (Arabic). By default in most templates, Duxbury uses Arabic
page
numbers, so the first thing you want to do is change to Roman. To
suppress
page numbering on your title page, insert the code [svpnp0] at the
top of
the page, immediately following [pntr]. When you want to turn page
numbering back on, use the code [svpnp2:2], which causes page
numbers to
appear on the top right corner of both odd and even pages. To begin
Arabic
numbering on page 1, use the sequence [pg][pv1][pnta]. The [pg]
causes a
page break; [pv1] sets the value of the page number back to 1; and
the
[pnta] causes use of Arabic numbering. You can also set these
things up by
using Page Numbering in the Document Menu, but you asked about
logic, so I
gave you the codes.
To me, the most useful topic in DBT Help is the complete list of
codes. All
the codes are listed alphabetically with brief explanations of each
code's
syntax and functions. The same page also groups codes into topics,
which
may be more helpful to you until you get a better idea of what the
codes do.
I've been using Duxbury since 1991, and am pretty familiar with most
of the
codes, so feel free to ask if you get stuck. It's pretty daunting
at first,
but you'll find that Duxbury is very powerful once you learn its
logic.
Steve
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