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Subject:Re: PageMaker Pitfall From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:55:11 -0600
On Wed, 21 Jun 1995, Kelly Burhenne wrote:
> Text item: Text_1
> Help! My department purchased PageMaker a while ago. A former
> associate did his last manual in PageMaker. I have inherited the
> project.
> Well, I must now insert additional text and graphics in the middle of
> a chapter. The original document is not all one "story". Therefore,
> when I try to place a graphic (or paragraph) in the middle of a page,
> the remaining text on that page and all subsequent pages DO NOT
> reposition themselves! Each story and graphic is fixed to the page and
> will simply write over the insertion! This is crazy!
> This may be better suited for a PageMaker list, but if this is the
> case (and I'm not missing something), I thought everyone should be
> aware of this (IMO) MAJOR obstacle in PageMaker.
> If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, I would appreciate it.
> Thanks,
> Kelly Burhenne
> burhennk -at- liebert -dot- com
> Columbus, OH
