Automatic Position of Chapter Headings

[Dungarven]

Hello. I am new to AffPub so please forgive my having to ask such a basic question! Have searched for answers without success.

I have set up Master A and dropped in my text (200 odd pages) for a book. All good. Now to divide it up into parts and chapters.

Page 1 is not formatted yet. It just says Part One on it. Then there is a blank page. Chapter 1 begins on page 3, and ends on page 7.  I have set parameters for Heading 1 and given Chapter 1 the Heading 1 treatment, centered, position part way down page, font, point, all good. My setting for Flow is Start Anywhere. Use space before Always. 

Then comes Chapter 2 heading. When I block it to give it the Heading 1 treatment, it formats correctly, (centered, font, point) but it only drops to part way down page 7, and not to page 8 where I want it.

Flow: I have tried modifying the settings for Heading 1, but if I  select Flow - Next Page, instead of Flow- Anywhere, the text in the last part of chapter 1 drops to a lower position on page 7, leaving a large space above it, and Chapter 2 starts on the top of page 8.  If I select Start in Next Frame, or Start on Next Page, Chapter 1 shifts to next page ((Page 4) ) and Chapter 2 shifts to part way down page 8.

Use Space before: Changing Use space before to Only Between Paragraphs  or Only at Top of Column has not helped either.

I would like to know how to set my parameters for Heading 1 so that each new chapter heading automatically starts part way down the next available page. I don't want all new chapters to start on odd pages or even pages.

Any help will be much appreciated! Image shows Heading 1 dialogue box. Thank you!

[Dungarven]

Please ignore this question! I had a brainwave and inserted page breaks into my word document in the right places and voilà! Done! Duh! I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner.

Thanks for your understanding and patience!

Cheers all.

[Old Bruce]

14 hours ago, Dungarven said:

Any help will be much appreciated! Image shows Heading 1 dialogue box. Thank you!

In the Paragraph Styles ( From the Text Styles panel, or the Paragraph panel you show) you will find Flow options for Paragraph Styles. You are most likely wanting Next page or Next Frame in the Start Menu.

Note: Be very careful with the Keep with next x lines and Keep with Previous and Keep Together and the avoid Widows and Orphans. You can really bork the text if you have some or all on which will cause conflicts. Consider three pages consisting of say 24 paragraphs where the setting for all 24 is Keep with previous paragraph. The application is going to try and keep all 24 paragraphs on one page instead of three pages.

[Dungarven]

Wow! Lots to think about! Good advice. Thank you Old Bruce.

I did discover that you can copy and paste a hard page break from Word to AP. Inserting those as I went along saved me from having to completely replace text I had already placed.

These forums are so helpful.

Thanks again!

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, Dungarven said:

I did discover that you can copy and paste a hard page break from Word to AP. Inserting those as I went along saved me from having to completely replace text I had already placed.

Just in case you did not already know this, you can insert page breaks directly from within an APub document, too. It is one of several choices in the Text > Insert > Breaks submenu,  along with Line Break, Column Break, Frame Break, Even Page Break, & Odd Page Break.

Because they are menu items, you can even assign custom keyboard shortcuts to one or more of them if you use them often.

[Dungarven]

Thank you RC-R! I found your submenu! Magic! 

Much appreciated.