Basic questions in adobe form

Hello Experts,
i have a few questions in adobe forms
when we first create a form, in the left side of the screen, we have a hierarchy i.e
*MASTER PAGE
CONTENT AREA
UNTITLED FORM PAGE
can you pls explain the concepts of the above... can we have more than 2 master pages in a single page? whats this content area? can we have more than one?
Suppose if i want to build a form with the following elements :
Header part : which should be displayed in all the pages
Body part: which should display internal table which should flow to the next page
immediately after the display of the internal table, i should display some other text
Footer part: should be displayed in all the pages
Now my question is, if i want to build this form, which elements should be a part of what i.e master page or content area or untitled form page?
Thanks in advance
Shekhar

Hi,
MASTER PAGE:
Master pages specify the layout and background for the form design. You can add objects that will occupy the position throughout the form design on a master page. The Master Pages tab is hidden by default. A typical form design that has two pages with different dimensions contains at least two master pages, one for each page.
CONTENT AREA:
Content areas provide anchoring and layout management for all the objects in a form, including subforms.
UNTITLED FORM PAGE:
Pages represent the pages of a form. Each page derives its size and orientation from a master page and, by default, each page is associated with the default master page that LiveCycle Designer creates. Each page is created with a default subform that covers the whole page. If your form design contains more than one master page and page, you can choose which master page to assign to a page.
can we have more than 2 master pages in a single page
yes
whats this content area?
Already described above
can we have more than one?
Yes
For the form designing, put the header and footer part in the Master page as it has to appear in every page. For the table display wrap the table in subform and make the contect type as "Flowed". This will make the table to grow to other pages.
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look at the Adobe page here in SDN:
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