Reply To: Chapter Title Strategies

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Regarding vertical positioning: Use a Rule Above, with a color of None and a good distance in Vertical Offset, and switch “Keep In Frame” on to offset a first paragraph on a page. Works every time.

As for hiding a running header, rather than shift-click and deleting it (deprecated, actually) or applying another master page (which personally I prefer, and I take re-applying them for granted), you could use this extremely Dirty Trick. (Hold on to your seat.) In addition to your Rule Above, also define a Rule Below. Set its color to Paper and its thickness to +/- 12 pts — do not opt to Keep it In Frame. Then move it upwards with a negative Vertical Offset to cover the running header.

You might need to apply this style on the occasional left-hand blank page as well, if you start everything on a right hand page. If you have page numbers at the bottom, you can make a specialized “blank page” style, where you use the Rule Above (without Keep In Frame) to hide stuff on the top, and Rule Below to hide the bottom things.

This article was last modified on August 20, 2010

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