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• • August 18, 2020 at 12:45 am #126557
    Pat Bensky

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    Let’s say we have headings such as
    DOGS
    CATS
    SMALL FURRIES
    They are set in a paragraph style called “main heading”.
    The main heading style is used to create the running headers. Simples.
    BUT …
    When a main heading appears at the top of a page, we get a duplicated heading (the actual heading and the same text in the running header). We want to suppress the main heading in this case.
    Our previous solution was as follows:
    – We made a script that parses through the document, and wherever a main heading appears at the top of the page, it changes the stylesheet for that paragraph to “main heading top of page”, which is set in very small text in white so that it’s invisible.
    We then used a plugin called Power Headers to create the running headers. It allowed us to specify two stylesheets to choose from to create the running header. But that plugin is no longer available. InDesign’s text variables are not flexible enough to do this.
    Any suggestions as to how this could be managed?
    Thanks!
    Pat

  • August 19, 2020 at 2:24 am #126591
    Laurence Parry

    Member

    I do have a suggestion; please don’t use the term “small furries” when you mean “small pets” or “small animals”.
    “Furries” nowadays more commonly means “fans of anthropomorphic animals” (of whom the most visible subset are fursuiters who wear animal costumes), and while technically your usage is unlikely to confuse a reader in context, it *does* confuse Google Alerts, to the extent that it highlights forum posts such as this.
    As for the technical issue, perhaps modify the script to apply the style directly to the element as an attribute rather than via CSS, in the cases you wish it to be hidden? Or to remove the element entirely, but that may cause flow issues.

  • August 19, 2020 at 7:03 am #126593
    Pat Bensky

    Participant

    Thanks for the headsup re. the furry animals! Who knew … (not me, obs).
    Your suggestion makes sense. I think what we will do is apply a character style to the whole paragraph, so that doesn’t mess with the text variable.
    Cheers
    Pat

  • August 19, 2020 at 8:23 am #126594
    Laurence Parry

    Member

    It’s definitely a newer usage, and perhaps not common in many areas, but it’s grown fast. Twelve years ago, the trademark office didn’t think “furry” meant anything but “covered in fur”. Five years later, they denied “FurryCon” as being merely descriptive of a class of fan conventions.
    That sounds like a good way to resolve the problem in an extensible way, as you never know what else might be added within the paragraph (it could be an issue if there’s links, with their own inherent style – you might need further overrides for the text decorations). Hope it works for you!

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