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Regarding left and right headers and footers for single-sided PDF printing:
What we did with the same problem, was to basically just use the "first" and
"right" master pages. First is used for the first page of all chapters which
is a right-hand page anyway. Both have the headers and footers flush right
so if our users print the docs from Acrobat and put them in a notebook, the
information is on the outside edge for easy flip-scanning. We also changed
from a 7.5 x 9.5 inch format to an 8.5 x 11 inch format so we would be
wasting our customers' paper.
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Comic Sans MS">Regarding =
left and right headers and footers for single-sided PDF =
printing:</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Comic Sans MS">What we did =
with the same problem, was to basically just use the "first" =
and "right" master pages. First is used for the first page of =
all chapters which is a right-hand page anyway. Both have the headers =
and footers flush right so if our users print the docs from Acrobat and =
put them in a notebook, the information is on the outside edge for easy =
flip-scanning. We also changed from a 7.5 x 9.5 inch format to an 8.5 x =
11 inch format so we would be wasting our customers' paper.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Comic Sans MS">Hope this =
helps.</FONT>
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