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Use different page formats in the same document |
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Use different page formats in the same document |
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Synopsis:
Sometimes you need to use different page formats in the same document. How do I do this?
Answer:
The XSL-FO language is designed to support complex page layouts, allowing you to define multiple page templates (masters). It also allows dynamically switching between defined layouts by supporting a set of rules dictating which template matches each page.
The XFD format inherits all the XSL-FO pagination elements and they are editable in XF Designer 2011 using the Pagination dialog bar. This tutorial explains how to create a document with alternating portrait and landscape pages.
We'll assume you're already working with a new document and having already attached a data source.
The pagination dialog bar already shows a defined page template in the Page Layouts list - Letter Page. In the Pages list, you will see a page set called Page Set, referencing Letter Page. This means that the page set is using a standard letter format.
First, let's create the landscape page:
| • | Right click on Page Layouts and click New Page Layout in the context menu. |
| • | Type the name for the new layout: Landscape Page and click OK. The Page Layout dialog will appear. |
| • | Select the Letter Landscape page format and click OK. |
The pagination sidebar should look like this:
Now let's use the new layout in the page set:
| • | Double click on the Page Set to edit it. |
| • | In the Edit Page Set dialog, click Add and select Landscape Page. Set the condition to Even Pages. |
The dialog should look like this:
The page set should no longer reference Letter Page, but should instead use a more complex page master, ComplexMaster1.
Now to try it out. Write some text that causes page breaks and notice how the page layouts alternate:
