Printing down the margin outside of the flowtext area...

[JasonBuss]

I am working with Arbortext PE 5.4 100, using FOSI. I am wondering if anyone has tried to place text in the page margin outside of the defined flowtext area (one column layout). If so, is it possible to do text rotated from the rest of the flowtext?

I am just throwing some questions out there, this isn't a hard and fast requirement, but one possible approach to an issue I need to address. I hear it's possible to do this sort of thing in APP, but I'm trying not to head down that road yet if I don't have to...

Thanks,

-Jason A. Buss

[naglists]

Like bleedtabs? Region should work.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Buss, Jason A
<jabuss@cessna.textron.com>wrote:

> I am working with Arbortext PE 5.4 100, using FOSI. I am wondering if
> anyone has tried to place text in the page margin outside of the defined
> flowtext area (one column layout). If so, is it possible to do text
> rotated from the rest of the flowtext?****
>
> ** **
>
> I am just throwing some questions out there, this isn’t a hard and fast
> requirement, but one possible approach to an issue I need to address. I
> hear it’s possible to do this sort of thing in APP, but I’m trying not to
> head down that road yet if I don’t have to…****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks,****
>
> ** **
>
> -Jason A. Buss****
>

[ptc-1908075]

Hi Jaspn,

What you need is a FOSI region. Go to

[ptc-1908075]

Jason,

I've attached an example of a rotated side title that is in the current draft of my book.

Hope this helps!
Suzanne

[JasonBuss]

That helps big time, thanks all!!

-Jason

[ptc-1908075]

One thing about regions: a region doesn't appear unless it is outputting something. Code usetext source=" " in the region, if necessary.

[ptc-1908075]

BTW: You can use a region with a backclr as a vertical line down the middle of a page or to box a page. For example, the following code draws a box with 1pt rules at the one-inch margins ofan 8-1/2x11page:

<region xoff="1in" yoff="1in" width="6.5in" height="1pt" bckclr="#000000">
<usetext source="\" \&quot;="></usetext>
</region>
<region xoff="1in" yoff="1in" width="1pt" height="9in" bckclr="#000000">

<usetext source="\" \&quot;="></usetext>
</region>
<region xoff="7in" yoff="1in" width="1pt" height="9in" bckclr="#000000">
<usetext source="\" \&quot;="></usetext>
</region>
<region xoff="1in" yoff="10in" width="6.5in" height="1pt" bckclr="#000000">
<usetext source="\" \&quot;="></usetext>
</region>

Suzanne