Each page layout can consist of several pages. Why would you want more than one page? If you want different settings to be applied to the various pages in your final output—depending on their position in the document—you will want multiple pages. For each page in a page layout, you can designate one of the following types, which determines the behavior of the page.
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 (see Specifying Chapter and Page Layout Breaks).
- Title First page in the 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 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 For chapters beginning on left-sided pages, using a different look than regular left pages.
- First Right For chapters beginning on right-sided pages, using a different look than regular right pages.
- Left Regular pages appearing on a left (or even) page (e.g., page 42).
- Right Regular pages appearing on a right (or odd) page (e.g., page 43).
- Normal For output not using a Left/Right type of page flow. Instead, the same layout is used on every page, like a screenplay.
- Empty For empty pages appearing in the output, regardless of the side (left or right). You might use this page type after Title pages.
- Empty Left Used in conjunction with the First Right page type. This page type is used for empty pages to be injected before First Right pages when necessary (i.e., to force a new chapter to begin on the right side).
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Empty Right Used in conjunction with the First Left page type. This page type is used for empty pages to be injected before First Left pages when necessary (i.e., to force a new chapter to begin on the left side).
Note The empty page types are not supported in Microsoft Word output.
Example You are creating a page layout to be used only for the title page that occurs at the very first page of your manual. In that case, your page layout might have one page that uses the Title page type. In addition, you can add an Empty page type to that layout. In the output, the Title page will automatically be followed by an empty page.
Now let's say that you are creating a second page layout to be used for the chapters in your document. Suppose that on the first page of each chapter, you do not want any header, but you want a page number at the bottom-right of the page. You also want each chapter to begin on a right page. Therefore, you create one page with a page type of First Right.
Next, suppose you want the pages that appear on the left side of the document to have the name of the manual in the upper-left corner and a page number in the lower-left corner. Therefore, you create another page with a page type of Left.
Perhaps you want the pages that appear on the right side of the document to have the chapter name of the manual in the upper-right corner and a page number in the lower-right corner. Therefore, you create another page with a page type of Right.
Finally, in order to ensure that the first page of each chapter starts on the right side of the manual, you create a fourth page with a page type of Empty Left. This allows an empty page to be forced (if necessary) on the left side immediately before the beginning of the next chapter.
