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Additional Master Page Tasks

In addition to the primary tasks you can perform related to master pages, you can also do the following:

  • Adding Page Header and Footer Proxies The page header and footer proxies let you insert content or automatic page numbering (specifically designated for the first page, even pages, or odd pages) in a master page. Use the Page Header proxy to insert content and page numbering above the body, and use the Page Footer proxy to insert content and page numbering below the body. When you insert one of these proxies, a page number placeholder is added automatically. You can delete it if you do not want to include a page number in that location, or you can realign it (to the left, right or, center). If you want to specify a starting page number or change the format (e.g., alpha, Roman, uppercase, lowercase), you can do so by editing the Body proxy and changing the settings in the Printer Page Properties dialog. See Adding Page Header and Footer Proxies.
  • Creating Print Master Pages Print master pages are used to determine the look and content of pages in your printed output (if you are generating Word or FrameMaker output). If necessary, you can use different print master pages for different purposes (e.g., title page, TOC, chapters, index). See Creating Print Master Pages.
  • Custom Date/Time Variables—Inserting In addition to any type of regular content (e.g., text, images) and page numbers, you can also insert custom date/time variables into master pages. This allows you to display the date and time on each page of your output. These variables update as if they are part of the topic, so you do not need to add a variable to each individual topic in your output. See Inserting Custom Date/Time Variables Into Master Pages.
  • Deleting If necessary, you can delete a master page that you have created. See Deleting Master Pages.
  • Disabling You might have used master pages in earlier versions of Flare when creating Word or FrameMaker output, but then decide to use the newer page layouts instead. You can manually remove all links to master pages in your target and table of contents. However, another alternative is to automatically disable the use of master pages in your project. By using this feature, Flare will ignore all links to master pages when you generate the Word or FrameMaker target. It will instead use links that you provide to any page layouts. See Disabling the Use of Master Pages.
  • Heading Variables—Inserting In addition to any type of regular content (e.g., text, images) and page numbers, you can insert Heading variables or Running Head variables into master pages. See Inserting Heading Variables Into Master Pages.
  • Opening The traditional location to store a master page in the Content Explorer is in the Resources\MasterPages folder. However, you can store it anywhere in the Content Explorer that you like. At any time, you can open a master page and make modifications to it. The master page displays in its own page of the XML Editor and remains accessible as you work. See Opening Master Pages.
  • Running Head Variables—Inserting In addition to any type of regular content (e.g., text, images) and page numbers, you can insert Heading variables or Running Head variables into master pages. See Inserting Running Head Variables Into Master Pages
  • Using Styles to Determine the Page Type When you add page footer and header proxies for Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Word output, you can specify which types of pages (all, even pages, first page, odd pages) should display the footers or headers. See Using Styles to Determine the Page Type for Page Footers and Headers.