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Master pages provide consistency among pages that perform specific roles, such as the first page of a chapter or an index page. But applying a master page to each document page—especially in a book with hundreds of pages—can be time-consuming and tedious. In Adobe® FrameMaker® 7.0, you can automate the process by mapping master pages to body pages containing specific paragraph tags. For example, map a particular master page to the first page of each chapter based on its chapter heading paragraph tag. This technique works best when a small percentage of paragraph tags requires individual master pages.
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Create and apply paragraph tags.
Use the Paragraph Designer to define and name the paragraph tags you want to use in your document. Then apply them to paragraphs, as appropriate.
Paragraph tags determine the formatting for different kinds of paragraphs, such as body text or headings. To apply a paragraph tag, click a paragraph, and choose a tag from the pop-up menu in the formatting bar. You can import tags from another document by choosing File > Import > Formats, selecting Paragraph Formats, and choosing the other document. (You can import paragraph formats only from documents that are currently open in FrameMaker.)
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Format the master pages.
Choose View > Master Pages. Then format the master pages in your document as desired.
To add a master page, choose Format > Page Layout > New Master Page. To rename an existing master page, display it and then click the page name in the status bar, type a new name, and click Set. To import master pages from another FrameMaker document, choose File > Import > Formats, choose the other document, and select Page Layouts. (As with paragraph formats, you can import master pages only from open documents.)
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Create the master pages table.
Choose View > Reference Pages to display the document's reference pages. Choose Format > Page Layout > Apply Master Pages to add the MasterPagesMaps reference page. (Click OK to the alerts.) This reference page contains the UnstructMasterPageMaps table. Press Ctrl + Enter to add a row, as needed.
The UnstructMasterPageMaps table determines which paragraph tags map to which master pages. Each row in the table maps one paragraph tag to its master page. To import a table that was created for another document, choose File > Import > Formats, select Reference Pages, and then choose the document (which must be open). Note that importing the table overwrites all the reference pages, including those with HTML mapping tables.
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