Specifying Chapter and Page Layout Breaks

• Specifying Chapter and Page Layout Breaks
• • How to Specify Chapter Breaks and Page Layouts
  • How Chapter Breaks Affect the Output Types
  • What’s Noteworthy?
  • What’s Next?

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How to Specify Chapter Breaks and Page Layouts

1. Open the Project Organizer.
2. Double-click the TOCs folder.
3. Double-click the TOC that you plan to use for the printed output. The TOC Editor opens to the right.
4. Select the entry in the TOC where you want to insert a chapter or page layout break.
5. In the local toolbar, click .
6. Click the Printed Output tab.

7. In the Break Type field, select one of the following.

   • None This prevents a break from being used for the outline TOC entry.
   • Chapter Break This creates a chapter break on the outline TOC entry. You can then select the page layout to be used until another break occurs in the outline TOC. The chapter break also allows chapter autonumber settings to be applied.

   • Page Layout Break This lets you change the page layout used, starting at a certain outline TOC entry, without creating a new chapter. You might use this option, for example, if you have a wide table in the middle of a chapter and need to switch to a landscape page layout on the pages displaying that table.

   Example You have an outline TOC for print-based output that looks like this.

   

   This is actually easier to see in Grid View (click the toggle button in the local toolbar of the TOC Editor to switch views), and by customizing the columns to remove those you don't want to display (see Customizing Column Information).

   

   If you build print-based output such as PDF, the results would look something like this.

   

8. If you selected a chapter or page layout break type, click in the Page Layout field and select the layout that you want to use.

9. (Optional) If you want a particular page type from the layout to be used for the first page that is displayed, select it from the Page Type field. Depending on the pages that have been included in the selected page layout, any of the following may be available in this drop-down field.

   For details and graphics that show how breaks and page types work together to create output that flows the way you want, see Page Type Flow Scenarios.

   • (default) This lets Flare choose the default page type for you, depending on the type of break.
   • (continue L/R) Select this option to specify a Left/Right page sequence, using whichever page comes next in the normal flow.
   • (continue FL/FR) Select this option to continue the First Left/First Right page sequence, using whichever page comes next in the normal flow.
   • Title Select this type if you want the settings to be applied to the first page in your output, which typically displays the manual title. If you include an Empty page type in your page layout, the title page in the output will be followed by the empty page. It is not mandatory that you use this page type for a title. Instead, you can use one of the other types, such as Normal.
   • First Select this type for the first page of a new chapter. This page type can be used in a situation where you are creating a simple configuration and you are not concerned with left and right pages (e.g., a document for electronic distribution only). In most cases, a First page type would be followed by Normal pages.
   • First Left Select this page type if you want chapters to begin on left-sided pages, and you need a different look for those pages than would be used for a regular left page.
   • First Right Select this page type if you want chapters to begin on right-sided pages, and you need a different look for those pages than would be used for a regular right page.

   • Left Select this type if you want the settings to be applied to a page in the output when it appears on a left (or even) page (e.g., page 42).

   • Right Select this type if you want the settings to be applied to a page in the output when it appears on a right (or odd) page (e.g., page 43).
   • Normal Select this type if you do not want a Left/Right type of page flow, but instead just want the same layout on every page, perhaps like a screenplay.

   Note It is recommended that you do not use more than one of each kind of page type in a page layout. If you have more than one instance of a page type, you will not be able to specify which type to use for a particular entry in the TOC Editor.

   Note When setting chapter breaks and page layouts, empty page types are not shown in the Page Type field. If you are using empty pages in your PDF output, make sure your page layout has an empty page type and the target is set to automatically apply empty pages when necessary. To do this, open the target. On the Advanced tab, click Inject empty pages as needed to ensure TOC nodes start on their selected pages. This is recommended over the older "Auto-end on left page" option.See Using Empty Pages.

10. (Optional) If you want to specify a particular file name for the chapter being created, enter it in the Chapter File Name field.

    When setting chapter breaks and page layouts, empty page types are not shown in the Page Type field. If you are using empty pages in your PDF output, make sure your page layout has an empty page type and the target is set to automatically apply empty pages when necessary. To do this, open the target. On the Advanced tab, click Inject empty pages as needed to ensure TOC nodes start on their selected pages. This is recommended over the older "Auto-end on left page" option.

    For PDF and Word outputs, the default setting is to create a single file for the entire output. However, you can use an option in the Advanced tab of the Target Editor to generate a new PDF or Word file for each chapter break. The Chapter File Name field in the Properties dialog would be applicable if you decide to generate multiple PDF or Word files instead of just one.

11. (Optional) In the Page Number section, you can specify how you want page numbers treated (if you have inserted them into the page layout).

    • Reset to To set the first page number in the chapter to begin at a specific number, select this option and enter the number in the field. Select the "text" option from the Format field, to type any kind of text into this field. That text will be used instead of numbering.
    • Format For a particular format of numbering to be used (e.g., decimal, upper Roman, lower alpha, text), select it from this drop-down. Select the "text" option to type any kind of text into the "Reset to" field. That text will be used instead of numbering.
    • Increment number If you want the first page number in the page layout to continue from the previous layout, you can select this option.

    Note If you want to include autonumbers in the page numbering (e.g., the chapter autonumber followed by a period and then the page number), you can do so using a couple of different methods. With the first method, you can insert the appropriate autonumber variable next to the page number variable in a page layout (see Inserting Chapter, Section, and Volume Number Variables Into Frames). With the second method, you can use the "Reset to" and "Format" fields on this tab. First, you can select "text" from the Format field. Then in the "Reset to" field, you can enter the appropriate codes for the autonumbering. For example, if you want each page to show the chapter autonumber followed by a period and the page number, you would type {chapnum}.{n} in the "Reset to" field. Using this second method ensures that your page autonumbers are also displayed accurately in a print index. See Including Page Autonumbers in Print Indexes.

12. Click OK.

13. Repeat these steps for each area in the content where you want to specify a new chapter or page layout break.

    Tip If you want to apply the same settings to many TOC entries, you can hold down the CTRL or SHIFT key and select those entries. Then open the Properties dialog and specify the settings.

    Note You do not have to follow these steps for every single TOC entry within that chapter—only for the TOC entries where you want a chapter or page layout break. The page layout will be used in the print-based output starting at that location in the content and continuing to the end of the document, or until it comes across another chapter or page layout break.

14. Click to save your work.