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To create the text flow for the body page
The text flow for the body page is contained in a separate
frame. The text flow contains the actual text of the document in one or more
first text frame, the MIF interpreter creates another body page with a layout that matches the right master page and
pours text into the body page's text frame.
<TextFlow
<TFTag `A'>
<TFAutoConnect Yes>
<Para
<TextRectID 2>
<PgfTag `Body'>
<ParaLine
<String `This appears on a body page within a text flow'>
<String ` tagged A.'>
>
>
>
Why one body page?
The method you use to create body pages is different from the method that FrameMaker uses when it writes a MIF
file. When FrameMaker writes a file, it knows where each page break occurs in the file, so it creates a series of
statements that each contain the text and graphics located on that page. When you are importing a document, you
do not know where page breaks will fall, so you cannot break the document into a series of
you simply create one text flow for the entire document and link it to a single, empty body page. When the MIF inter-
preter reads the file, it creates as many pages as the document requires and gives each page the background specified
by the master page.
Creating a double-sided custom layout
If you import a two-sided document, you might need to specify different page layouts for right and left pages. For
example, a document might have a wider inside margin to allow extra room for binding. You can do this in a MIF
file by creating and linking a second master page and a second body page. As with a single-sided layout, all the
document's text is in one text flow. When the MIF interpreter reads the file, it adds alternate left and right body pages
to the document. You can control whether the document starts with a right page or a left page by using the
statement.
For an example of a document with left and right master pages, see the sample file
Creating a first master page
In addition to left and right master pages, you can create custom master page layouts that you can apply to body
pages. For example, some books have a special layout for the first page in a chapter.
In a MIF file, you can create as many master pages as you need, but you cannot apply all of them to the appropriate
body pages. You can only apply a left page, a right page, and one additional custom master page to the body pages.
Furthermore, you can only link the custom master page to the first page in a document.
When you are importing a document into FrameMaker, you do not know how much text the MIF interpreter will
put on a page; you can only determine where the first page begins. When the interpreter reads the MIF file, it applies
the custom master page layout to the first page in the document. For each subsequent page, it uses the
statements to determine when to add a left page and when to add a
DTwoSides
right page.
TextFlow
# end of ParaLine
# end of Para
# end of TextFlow
statement that is linked to the body page's text
statements. If text overflows the
Para
Page
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