Index: Force it to end on an even page?

TheWriteStuff · Post by **TheWriteStuff** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:45 am

I'm fairly new to Flare, so am still getting to grips with it. My colleague has set up a document structure that includes an index, which is working fine. What I want to know is whether it is possible to force the index to end on an even page. In other words, if the index finishes on an odd page, can you force an extra page that includes the page header and footer without any other content?

Thanks.

kwag_myers · Post by **kwag_myers** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:07 am

Take a look at the Page Layouts section of Flare Help. I think what you're looking for is Empty Left or Empty Right.

TheWriteStuff · Post by **TheWriteStuff** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:43 am

I've tried setting "Auto-end on 'left page" to "Enabled" for the index, but it doesn't make any difference. Is that what you were referring to?

kwag_myers · Post by **kwag_myers** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:00 pm

No. I'm saying you need to add another page to your PageLayout. Open the PageLayout for your Index. If you don't have a separate PageLayout, you're going to need one. In the right pane is (most likely) a thumbnail page with N. Right-click in a blank area of that pane and go to Add Page > Empty Left Page. If your Index ends on the right, Flare inserts a blank page. If the Index ends on the left, then no blank page.

TheWriteStuff · Post by **TheWriteStuff** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:49 am

The PageLayout for the Index already had an Empty Left Page defined. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to get used. From reading the Help, I get the impression that empty left pages are only injected to make sure the next section starts on a right-hand page. As the Index is the final section of the document, could that be why no empty left page is being injected?

kwag_myers · Post by **kwag_myers** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:14 am

I stumbled on a setting in the Target Editor that may help you. On the Advanced tab is a check box labeled: Inject empty pages as needed to ensure TOC nodes start on their selected pages. It might be worth a try.

TheWriteStuff · Post by **TheWriteStuff** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:40 am

That setting is already selected. It works fine for adding an empty page at the end of sections that finish on an odd-numbered page, but doesn't add an empty even-numbered page at the end of the document.

It's not a big issue really, but it would have been a nice-to-have feature.

kwag_myers · Post by **kwag_myers** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:52 am

I was able to hack it by adding a paragraph containing a space below the output index proxy and adding a page break:

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    <body>
        <h1>Index</h1>
        <MadCap:indexProxy />
        <p style="page-break-before: always;"> </p>
    </body>

It's not automatic, but if you know the section ends on the left it works.

TheWriteStuff · Post by **TheWriteStuff** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:57 am

Thank you for the suggested solution! That's the equivalent of adding a page break at the end of the index in Word, which is also a manual process. I'll give it a try.

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