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• Border page: sets the line around the frame, if any. Many
beginning designers make the mistake of adding a border to
every frame. However, when a colored background distinctly
marks the division between the frame’s contents and the rest of
the page, borders are unnecessary.
• Columns page: this tab can be ignored unless the frame is being
used for text. The page is the same that is used to set up a page
style, and its parameters are described in the section “Columns
page” on page 253.
• Macro page: sets a macro to use with the frame in order to
trigger some action when the user interacts with the frame. These
options are useful only in an on-line Writer or HTML document.
Working with page styles
Page styles control page properties (margins, page size, header and
footers, among others). However, unlike paragraphs, which can have
directly applied properties, pages only have a page style and no
directly applied properties.
Christian is a lawyer from California, USA. For his
letters, the first page has his letterhead, and subsequent
pages only identify the recipient, the date, and the page
number. Christian does this using page styles. He also
uses page styles to comply with the spacing
requirements (such as margins) for legal briefs in
California State courts.
This section describes how to create a new page style, explains the
meaning of some of the options in the Page style dialog box, and
illustrates their usage.
Creating a new page style
Unlike other styles, page styles can be created or modified only by
using the Styles and Formatting window. Open the Styles and
Formatting window and click the Page Styles icon . Right-click
anywhere in the main window and select New.
The Page Style dialog box consists of the eight pages shown in
Figure 235.
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