Asigning master pages with paragraph style?

[Petar Petrenko]

Hi,

sometimes, when working on books with specific chapters, you have to make the page that contains the chapter text, somehow different. That's where master pages come into play. But, there is a "small" problem here. When adding/deleting text, the chapter pages move forward or backward but not the chapter master page. So, this is the reason why I ask for a new feature "assigning a master page with a paragraph style". This is well explained on this video at possitoin 20:30.
 

 

[Seneca]

1 hour ago, Petar Petrenko said:

When adding/deleting text, the chapter pages move forward or backward but not the chapter master page.

That's something that was at the back of my mind too. I think I saw a post about that on the Designer forum when discussing future Publisher a long time ago.

This would really be great and would solve the problem you've raised gracefully.

Big +1 from me.

[Eugene Tyson]

Working on Books could be answered by having a Book file, both Quark offer this (for years and years) and also offered by InDesign. 

You have Master A for start of chapter, then Master B for the rest of the chapter. 

You add the chapter files to the book file via a Book Panel.

Working with a Book file alieveates this request and also many other things like

1) File coruption, losing all the book as it's all in one file

2) Easy to rearrange chapters as you can have Chapter/Section markers, for example, Chapter 7 needs to move to be Chapter 1, you move the file in the book and with the correct numbering automation added, Chapter 7 automatically changes to Chapter 1 and the remaining Chapters all renumber correctly.

3) Saves having large files of big file size count that can slow down the application and your computer

4) Book files are a must for a serious contender to Quark/InDesign or other page layout application.

[Petar Petrenko]

8 minutes ago, Eugene Tyson said:

Working on Books could be answered by having a Book file, both Quark offer this (for years and years) and also offered by InDesign. 

You have Master A for start of chapter, then Master B for the rest of the chapter. 

You add the chapter files to the book file via a Book Panel.

Working with a Book file alieveates this request and also many other things like

1) File coruption, losing all the book as it's all in one file

2) Easy to rearrange chapters as you can have Chapter/Section markers, for example, Chapter 7 needs to move to be Chapter 1, you move the file in the book and with the correct numbering automation added, Chapter 7 automatically changes to Chapter 1 and the remaining Chapters all renumber correctly.

3) Saves having large files of big file size count that can slow down the application and your computer

4) Book files are a must for a serious contender to Quark/InDesign or other page layout application.

Thank you Eugene,

I've done a lot of books by using "Book" feature in both Quark and ID, but there are situations where you want to work in only one file. For example, a novel or poetry where you do not have heavy pictures, just some drawings to emphasize chapters or so and there is no need of such a feature.

[Eugene Tyson]

54 minutes ago, Petar Petrenko said:

Thank you Eugene,

I've done a lot of books by using "Book" feature in both Quark and ID, but there are situations where you want to work in only one file. For example, a novel or poetry where you do not have heavy pictures, just some drawings to emphasize chapters or so and there is no need of such a feature.

I agree - it would be a nice feature - as too would be the book file. 

But point taken - yes, having a paragraph style linked to a master page makes a lot of sense!