Footers: How to left align title, right align page number?

This forum is for all Flare issues related to PDF, eBook, Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, XPS, and XHTML book targets.
Post Reply
Paul_N
Propeller Head
Posts: 55
Joined: Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:57 am
Location: Yorkshire, UK

Footers: How to left align title, right align page number?

Post by Paul_N »

Hi, I'm using Flare 2018 R3 on Windows 10 to produce PDFs.

I want to create a footer in a page layout (.flpgl) doc that has a variable for the doc title on the left, and the page number variable on the right for right pages, and the other way around for left pages.

After much experimentation I can't achieve this seemingly simple task!

I tried splitting the footer into 2 columns, but the split doesn't appear when I press F2. The 902 page print based output guide is difficult to search too.

Can anyone tell me how to mix the justification of content in a footer?

Thanks
ChoccieMuffin
Senior Propellus Maximus
Posts: 2632
Joined: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:01 am
Location: Surrey, UK

Re: Footers: How to left align title, right align page numbe

Post by ChoccieMuffin »

I use a table, then left-align the first cell and right-align the second. Seems to work ok.

:-)
Started as a newbie with Flare 6.1, now using Flare 2023.
Report bugs at http://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx.
Request features at https://www.madcapsoftware.com/feedback ... quest.aspx
Paul_N
Propeller Head
Posts: 55
Joined: Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:57 am
Location: Yorkshire, UK

Re: Footers: How to left align title, right align page numbe

Post by Paul_N »

Thanks. I did try with tables, but couldn't complete the task over 2 hours. Then after sleeping on it and starting from fresh this morning I got usable footers after about 20 mins with tables. Now onto making custom formatted ToCs & LoFs...
ChoccieMuffin
Senior Propellus Maximus
Posts: 2632
Joined: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:01 am
Location: Surrey, UK

Re: Footers: How to left align title, right align page numbe

Post by ChoccieMuffin »

Edit the styles p.TOC1 etc and p.miniTOC1 etc if you want to make your TOCs and miniTOCs look pretty.
Started as a newbie with Flare 6.1, now using Flare 2023.
Report bugs at http://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx.
Request features at https://www.madcapsoftware.com/feedback ... quest.aspx
dorits
Jr. Propeller Head
Posts: 6
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:28 am

Re: Footers: How to left align title, right align page numbe

Post by dorits »

Trying to create a footer with the title (aligned left), page number (centered), and running header (aligned right)
I created a snippet with the table and formatted the text as above.
When I applied the page layout to a topic, the columns moved and the page number was not centered.
I tried using fixed column widths. That didn't seem to work either.
Any ideas?
Post Reply