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    conditional layout in Word

    Section Breaks did it! Thanks so much, I'm checking out outlining now...
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    conditional layout in Word

    I've got a big doc with about 45 topics. Each topic will be in the TOC. I want each topic on it's own separate pages. In other words, I'll start a new page for each topic. But during writing this makes it cumbersome to get around - every time I need to swich a topic I have to go through new...
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    multi column headers/body format

    A lot of tech docs nowadays use the paragraph/chapter headers in a left hand column. The the body of the text is on the right, often with the left margin moved WAY over to create a thinner body of text throughout the doc. As an example, specifically look at page 69 of this doc...
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    Conceptual - is ID the right tool?

    Wow Ekwoman - you're telling me just what I want to hear. Since I'm under the proverbial time crunch, I'll certainly give Iwork a look but I [think] I'm already getting into the ID groove. I'm just scared - scared that I'll bump into some unknown wall or functionality I'll need that the...
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    Conceptual - is ID the right tool?

    Excellent reply, galvin. After I made my post last night, I imported a 203 page word doc into ID - just for grins. To my surprise, in came in fine, but lost the usual formatting. After I fooled with master pages a bit, I was able to get ID to look a little like the original Word doc. I was...
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    Conceptual - is ID the right tool?

    I looked around first, but still have a nagging [newbie] question. I typically have long docs, probably min 30 pages, max up to 500. Headers, footers, TOCs, indexes, some footnotes, diagrams, tables etc. I use a Mac. Word REALLY gets on my nerves. OpenO is ok, so is NeoOffice but even they...
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