Re: [libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

Sorry Dan,  but I really don't understand where you are going with this.
I have two streams of text.  I would like to have one stream on one
side, and the other stream on the other side of facing pages. That way I
can break the flow of either without having to alternate text (which how
it is done now)

On 10/15/14 4:58 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> On 10/15/2014 08:26 AM, Ginterak wrote:
> > Dan,
> > If I place 1000 words in the left page, the words are still going to
> > overflow onto the right page - I am not sure what your idea is
> > actually accomplishing.
>      In my reply, I keyed on having the original on the left page and
> the translation on the right page. By having these appear side by
> side, one can see both at the same time and compare them if desired.
>      What seems to be obvious to me is that the number of words
> required for a given thought in different languages can be different.
> So what would be a full page for one language may be less than or more
> than a page. So there is no guarantee that the the same thoughts will
> be contained in side by side pages. So, what purpose does having
> original and translation being side by side? It is quite possible that
> in a rather long article, some of the side by side pages may not have
> any thoughts in common.
>      My thoughts came from how a Bible program handles this situation.
> For example, I have German and English translations of the Bible side
> by side. There the same verses are shown for them. Sometimes there are
> extra spaces on the German side, and sometimes there are extra on the
> English side. I also have a German-English New Testament from the
> 1800's. It also has the same print layout.
>      A very important question is: What is the purpose of having the
> original and the translation side by side? This should determine the
> layout.
>
> Dan
> > On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 10/14/2014 12:15 PM, Marc Grober wrote:
> > > > Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by
> > > > side
> > > > pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you
> > > > have the original on one page and the translation on the facing page.
> > > > This is done easily enough in columns, but there must be some way to
> > > > pass two threads of raw text to a section in which one thread is
> > > > passed
> > > > only to odd pages and the other only to even pages,  or are we stuck
> > > > with alternating the text manually and inserting a gazillion page
> > > > breaks?
> > >      I think that page styles will do it. Open an untitled document
> > > in Writer. Use the F4 key to open the Styles and Formating Window.
> > > Click the "Page Styles" icon at the top of this window. Double click
> > > "First Page" from the lists of page styles to apply this style to
> > > the page. Then right click "First Page" and select Modify from the
> > > context menu. Change the "Next Style" property to "Left Page". Click
> > > OK.
> > >      This should do it. Enter the original text on the left pages
> > > and the translations on the right pages.
> > >      The reason this works is because of styles. They insure that
> > > each left page is followed by a right page which is followed by a
> > > left page... Writer is designed to begin with the first page on the
> > > right, so you need the "First Page" to fulfill this need. From then
> > > on the left and right pages will follow correctly. (No page breaks
> > > are needed.)
> > >      In the bottom right corner of the Writer window are three icons
> > > of pages. The one of the right is the one you should click if it is
> > > not highlighted. This places two pages in the window beginning with
> > > a right page first followed by a left right page combination.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
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