Headers at top AND bottom of a repeating frame.
I've created a simple report through the Oracle Reports wizard. It created column headings which are on at the top of each page, and the repeating frame which spans several pages. What I am now trying to add are column "headings" which are at the bottom of each page. Similar to the Headings that are defined above the repeating frame, but under the repeating frame.
Problem is, the repeating frame spans several pages, but the "Headings" at the bottom are only showing on the last page. I do have the preferences set to All Pages. I can get all sorts of things to work and print on each page ABOVE the repeating frame, but not on each page BELOW the repeating frame.
Something simple?
Header, Main and Trailer section are something completely different. They have nothing to do with header and trialer on a page, but are completely different sections of a report (like having an introduction letter in the header section, and the report in the main section).
If you want to do what you want, do this:
- In the layout editor, expand the group frame (GF) around the repeating frame to almost the height of the page.
- Set the vertical elasticity of GF to Fixed.
- Copy the header group frame and it's text fields to a position outside GF. Rename it to Footer group frame (FGF).
- Drag FGF and it's items to a position below GF.
Hope this is clear.
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Set top and bottom inset spacing values in Text Frame Options via jsx script
I am looking for a way to set the top and bottom inset spacing values only to 2 points in Text Frame Options via a .jsx scrpt.
For years, I have used a script that sets Preferences, such as:
with(app.storyPreferences){
opticalMarginAlignment = false;
opticalMarginSize = 12; // pts
I would like to add the code to this same script that would make Top = 0p2 and Bottom 0p2 but leave Left and Right as 0p0.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.Here is the full .jsx file that we now use to set preferences.
Ideally, this could be modified to include setting any text frame created to have 0p2 inset Top and Bottom, but 0p0 Left and Right:
//ApplicationTextDefaults
//An InDesign CS2 JavaScript
//Sets the application text defaults, which will become the text defaults for all
//new documents. Existing documents will remain unchanged.
with(app.textDefaults){
alignToBaseline = false; // align to baseline grid
try {
// appliedFont = app.fonts.item("Times New Roman");
appliedFont = app.fonts.item("Helvetica");
catch (e) {}
try {
fontStyle = "Medium";
catch (e) {}
autoleading = 100;
balanceRaggedLines = false;
baselineShift = 0;
capitalization = Capitalization.normal;
composer = "Adobe Paragraph Composer";
desiredGlyphScaling = 100;
desiredLetterSpacing = 0;
desiredWordSpacing = 100;
dropCapCharacters = 0;
if (dropCapCharacters != 0) {
dropCapLines = 3;
//Assumes that the application has a default character style named "myDropCap"
//dropCapStyle = app.characterStyles.item("myDropCap");
fillColor = app.colors.item("Black");
fillTint = 100;
firstLineIndent = "0pt";
// firstLineIndent = "14pt";
gridAlignFirstLineOnly = false;
horizontalScale = 100;
hyphenateAfterFirst = 3;
hyphenateBeforeLast = 4;
hyphenateCapitalizedWords = false;
hyphenateLadderLimit = 1;
hyphenateWordsLongerThan = 5;
hyphenation = true;
hyphenationZone = "3p";
hyphenWeight = 9;
justification = Justification.leftAlign;
keepAllLinesTogether = false;
keepLinesTogether = true;
keepFirstLines = 2;
keepLastLines = 2;
keepWithNext = 0;
kerningMethod = "Optical";
kerningValue = 0;
leading = 6.3;
// leading = 14;
leftIndent = 0;
ligatures = true;
maximumGlyphScaling = 100;
maximumLetterSpacing = 0;
maximumWordSpacing = 160;
minimumGlyphScaling = 100;
minimumLetterSpacing = 0;
minimumWordSpacing = 80;
noBreak = false;
otfContextualAlternate = true;
otfDiscretionaryLigature = true;
otfFigureStyle = OTFFigureStyle.proportionalOldstyle;
otfFraction = true;
otfHistorical = true;
otfOrdinal = false;
otfSlashedZero = true;
otfSwash = false;
otfTitling = false;
overprintFill = false;
overprintStroke = false;
pointSize = 6.3;
// pointSize = 11;
position = Position.normal;
rightIndent = 0;
ruleAbove = false;
if(ruleAbove == true){
ruleAboveColor = app.colors.item("Black");
ruleAboveGapColor = app.swatches.item("None");
ruleAboveGapOverprint = false;
ruleAboveGapTint = 100;
ruleAboveLeftIndent = 0;
ruleAboveLineWeight = .25;
ruleAboveOffset = 14;
ruleAboveOverprint = false;
ruleAboveRightIndent = 0;
ruleAboveTint = 100;
ruleAboveType = app.strokeStyles.item("Solid");
ruleAboveWidth = RuleWidth.columnWidth;
ruleBelow = false;
if(ruleBelow == true){
ruleBelowColor = app.colors.item("Black");
ruleBelowGapColor = app.swatches.item("None");
ruleBelowGapOverprint = false;
ruleBelowGapTint = 100;
ruleBelowLeftIndent = 0;
ruleBelowLineWeight = .25;
ruleBelowOffset = 0;
ruleBelowOverprint = false;
ruleBelowRightIndent = 0;
ruleBelowTint = 100;
ruleBelowType = app.strokeStyles.item("Solid");
ruleBelowWidth = RuleWidth.columnWidth;
singleWordJustification = SingleWordJustification.leftAlign;
skew = 0;
spaceAfter = 0;
spaceBefore = 0;
startParagraph = StartParagraph.anywhere;
strikeThru = false;
if(strikeThru == true){
strikeThroughColor = app.colors.item("Black");
strikeThroughGapColor = app.swatches.item("None");
strikeThroughGapOverprint = false;
strikeThroughGapTint = 100;
strikeThroughOffset = 3;
strikeThroughOverprint = false;
strikeThroughTint = 100;
strikeThroughType = app.strokeStyles.item("Solid");
strikeThroughWeight = .25;
strokeColor = app.swatches.item("None");
strokeTint = 100;
strokeWeight = 0;
tracking = 0;
underline = false;
if(underline == true){
underlineColor = app.colors.item("Black");
underlineGapColor = app.swatches.item("None");
underlineGapOverprint = false;
underlineGapTint = 100;
underlineOffset = 3;
underlineOverprint = false;
underlineTint = 100;
underlineType = app.strokeStyles.item("Solid");
underlineWeight = .25
verticalScale = 100;
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verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points; // Ruler Units, vertical
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// Not supported in CS4
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preventSelectingLockedItems = false; // Needed for CS5+
catch (e) {}
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smartCutAndPaste = true; // Adjust Spacing Automatically when Cutting and Pasting Words
dragAndDropTextInLayout = false; // Enable in Layout View
allowDragAndDropTextInStory = true; // Enable in Story Editor
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typographersQuotes = true; // Use Typographer's Quotes
useOpticalSize = true; // Automatically Use Correct Optical Size
scalingAdjustsText = true; // Adjust Text Attributes when Scaling
useParagraphLeading = false; // Apply Leading to Entire Paragraphs
linkTextFilesWhenImporting = false; // Create Links when Placing Text and Spreadsheet Files
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with(app.textPreferences){
superscriptSize = 58.3; // Superscript, size
superscriptPosition = 33.3; // Superscript, position
subscriptSize = 58.3; // Subscript, size
subscriptPosition = 33.3; // Subscript, position
smallCap = 70; // Smallcap
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inlineInput = false; // Use Inline Input for Non-Latin Text
//Composition preference panel
with(app.textPreferences){
highlightKeeps = false; // Keep Violations
highlightHjViolations = false; // H&J Violations
highlightCustomSpacing = false; // Custom Tracking/Kerning
highlightSubstitutedFonts = true; // Substituted Fonts
highlightSubstitutedGlyphs = false; // Substituted Glyphs
justifyTextWraps = false; // Justify Text Next to an Object
abutTextToTextWrap = true; // Skip by Leading
zOrderTextWrap = false; // Text Wrap Only Affects Text Beneath
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with(app.viewPreferences){
rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.spreadOrigin; // Ruler Units, origin
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// verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.inches; // Ruler Units, vertical
pointsPerInch = 72; // Point/Pica Size, Points/Inch
cursorKeyIncrement = 1; // Keyboard Increment, Cursor Key
with(app.textPreferences){
baselineShiftKeyIncrement = 2; // Keyboard Increment, Baseline Shift
leadingKeyIncrement = 2; // Keyboard Increment, Size/Leading
kerningKeyIncrement = 20; // Keyboard Increment, Kerning
//Grids preference panel
with(app.gridPreferences){
baselineColor = UIColors.lightBlue; // Baseline Grid, Color
baselineStart = 48; // Baseline Grid, Start
baselineDivision = 6; // Baseline Grid, Increment Every
baselineViewThreshold = 50; // Baseline Grid, View Threshold
baselineGridRelativeOption = BaselineGridRelativeOption.topOfPageOfBaselineGridRelativeOption; // Baseline Grid, Relative To
gridColor = UIColors.lightGray; // Document Grid, Color
horizontalGridlineDivision = 12; // Document Grid, Horizontal, Gridline Every
horizontalGridSubdivision = 12; // Document Grid, Horizontal, Subdivisions
verticalGridlineDivision = 12; // Document Gird, Vertical, Gridline Every
verticalGridSubdivision = 12; // Document Grid, Vertical, Subdivisions
gridsInBack = true; // Grids in Back
documentGridSnapto = false; // snap to grid or not
documentGridShown = false; // show document grid
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with(app.documentPreferences){
marginGuideColor = UIColors.violet; // Color, Margins
columnGuideColor = UIColors.magenta; // Color, Columns
with(app.pasteboardPreferences){
bleedGuideColor = UIColors.fiesta; // Color, Bleed
slugGuideColor = UIColors.gridBlue; // Color, Slug
previewBackgroundColor = UIColors.lightGray; // Color, Preview Background
minimumSpaceAboveAndBelow = 72; // Minimum Vertical Offset
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guideSnaptoZone = 4; // Snap to Zone
with(app.guidePreferences){
guidesInBack = false; // Guides in Back
//Dictionary preference panel
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composition = ComposeUsing.both; // Hyphenatin Exceptions, Compose Using
mergeUserDictionary = false; // Merge User Dictionary into Document
recomposeWhenChanged = true; // Recompose All Stories When Modified
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//Spelling preference panel
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checkMisspelledWords = true; // Find, Misspelled Words
checkRepeatedWords = true; // Find, Repeated Words
checkCapitalizedWords = true; // Find, Uncapitalized Words
checkCapitalizedSentences = true; // Find, Uncapitalized Sentences
dynamicSpellCheck = true; // Enable Dynamic Spelling
misspelledWordColor = UIColors.red; // Color, Misspelled Words
repeatedWordColor = UIColors.green; // Color, Repeated Words
uncapitalizedWordColor = UIColors.green; // Color, Uncapitalized Words
uncapitalizedSentenceColor = UIColors.green; // Color, Uncapitalized Sentences
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autoCorrectCapitalizationErrors = false; // Autocorrect Capitalization
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//Display Performance preference panel
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When you have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above. Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first. Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
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Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
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Hello, TallSknyWhtGuy.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If your are unable to view any of your past purchases after setting your device up as new, I would recommend checking to see if you purchased these items with a secondary Apple ID. Below, here is an article that will walk you through how to check which Apple ID was used to purchase this content.
The items you are trying to play might have been purchased using a different iTunes Store account. To determine which account was used to purchase an item, follow these steps:
Select a purchased song in your library and choose File > Get Info.
Click the Summary tab. Note the Account Name that appears in the list. This is the account name (Apple ID) you will need to use when authorizing your computer to play this purchase.
Note: The account name that appears is the one you used when purchasing the item and does not change if the account name (Apple ID) changes.
If you've authorized the Apple ID that is shown in the Summary tab, you can check the purchase history for that Apple ID from Store > View My Account. If your purchase history does not reflect the purchase of the items in your iTunes library, consider any other Apple ID you may have created, and authorize the computer for your additional Apple ID.
If you forgot the password to one of your accounts, you can recover it using Apple's password-recovery website.
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389
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Those are the Header and Footer spaces. You remove them using the Document Inspector. Uncheck the "Headers" and "Footers" checkboxes shown checked here:
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Hi, I see I haven't had any responses but these problems haven't been fixed.
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I bought a couple of albums recently via itunes on my comp, and tried to tranfer them to my phone via a playlist, but the sync often crashes. One album transferred except for one song, and the other hasn't at all. What happens is that when I autofill from a playlist it often hangs for ages on the first song and then I have to quit the application altogether as nothing happens for ages. Basically, the whole Itunes software freezes.
After this I find it hasn't transferred any songs, but they do appear greyed out on my phone, which means it has transferred some basic data such as the titles, but not the song itself. When I try to repeat the process to complete the transfer Itunes tells me that it can't transfer because the songs are already on the phone, but they are not!! I can't click or remove on the greyed out items, so now I have a couple of almost full albums on my computer that I can't tranfer or install on my phone, and a whole bunch of greyed out songs on my phone that I can't play or remove!
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Hi aefulcher,
It sounds like you had the external display set to mirror the internal display so the resolution(s) were changed to match each other.
OS X: How to use multiple displays with your Mac in Mountain Lion and earlier
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5019
Check if the current resolution matches your screen's natiive resolution.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Nubz -
Can you trim top and bottom black from videos?
Hi
I have a project where I need to make all my video clips the same height.
Some of the clips are in widescreen, and I'd like to trim the black from the top and bottom so that I maximise the height of the footage.
Can this be done in elements, and if not, are there any programs that you can do that in?
Thanks for your time and help.
ShaunJohn,
Glad that you found it. I use it constantly, as I often animate my Titles with Keyframed Effects, and will just Copy/Paste Attributes to all. Same for Effects that are common to multiple Video (or Audio) Clips.
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Good luck,
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Jim -
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Your UserAgent string in Firefox is messed up by another program that you installed, and those websites don't know you are running Firefox 3.6.3 (which is what you do have installed).
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Agent]
type '''about:config''' in the URL bar and hit Enter
''If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.''
Filter = '''general.useragent.'''
Right-click the preferences that are '''bold''', one line at a time, and select '''''Reset''''',
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Also can you make it bigger at the top to show more of the picture?Add extra empty toolbars if you want to see more of the persona.<br />
You can create extra toolbars to get extra space via View > Toolbars > Customize<br />
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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization -
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create a sequence that is 1024 x 768
export the sequence
I made a video showing the steps (very boring, sorry).
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Quicktime: Ver 10.3
iMovie: Ver 10.0.5
OS: OS X Ver 10.9.4
So, let me try and explain...
I have recorded gameplay footage of my game directly from my Mac screen using Quicktime's Record Screen option. I've tried recording both in fullscreen mode (with my game also running in fullscreen mode) and a section of the screen by dragging the mouse to select a 640X960 box (with my game running in windowed mode which is displayed at 640x960 resolution).
This initial recording direct from the screen displays fine, both when I view it in windowed mode and when I view it fullscreen, with the height of the game stretching to the full height of the video area but obviously with big black borders to either side in fullscreen mode (as it's basically iPhone ratio in portrait mode).
WindowedFullscreen
This ^^^ is how they should look.
The problem is when I try to import the movie into iMovie, mess around with some fade-ins and music and stuff and then output the edited movie via iMovie...
When I then try to view this outputted movie in windowed mode on certain sites (Kickstarter) my game footage doesn't take up the full height of the video and instead floats in the middle with big black bars at the top and bottom, which I don't want. It's fine when I go fullscreen but the problem is that when I load this video into Kickstarter it shows the non-fullscreen view of the video with this big black border and it looks really amateur.
This is what Kickstarter shows in windowed mode i.e. the way you see Kickstarter videos by default when you press Play; unless I go fullscreen and then it takes up the full heigh of the view.
Note: Windowed mode actually looks fine when viewed directly on my Mac but I know it's not Kickstarter that is causing the issue because I can see in the thumbnail preview on my Mac that the video is somehow encoded with the big black bars at the top and bottom. Also, I uploaded the unedited videos to Kickstarter just to check and they display fine. So it's definitely iMovie that is adding these annoying black borders at the top and bottom for whatever reason (and I'm not intentionally scaling the video down in iMove or anything like that as far as I know). I also can't use the unedited footage however because it has no sound and no transitions etc.
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Hi, I am writing a Java Ldap client which performs object search/deletion/addition/modification. Now I can search the object via DN using the client program. When I try to delete, the program goes through without any exception. But the object still e
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Safari Not Accepting Custom Page Margins
I am trying to do something very simple: print from Safari with substantial margins. Page setup is gone, so I have created a custom 8.5x11 paper size with 1" margins all around. When I select that paper size during printing, Safari ignores the marg
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How to organize Data Objects and other Objects in SWCV
Hi, I am looking for Best Practices on how to organize data objects in SWCV as well as other objects such as a Distribution Rules. We are planning to develop three occasionally connected applications with NW Mobile 7.1 this year and maybe additional