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Gustaf,
This is an interesting problem. These would probably be "thumb tabs". I take it you've already worked out with your printer whatever problems relate to their placement on the edge of the page. I'd look at defining some static content for a page sequence master, using repeatable-page-master-alternatives/conditional-page-master-reference/@page-position='last' The referenced page master would apply only to the last page; it could contain static content for your outer margin. Then for each page sequence, you would use a template to place the markings correctly. (This would be a mere matter of XSLT, using an algorithm along lines you suggest.) The one concern I'd have is how to make this appear always on a recto page, since the last page of a sequence could be a verso page (although you didn't mention this as a requirement). In fact you would probably want to force it always to be a verso page (or even a recto page), using @force-page-count on the page-sequence that uses the master. But this method won't work if you actually want your markings to be on the penultimate page, not the last page. I'll be interested if others have better ideas. First I'd have said XSL-FO isn't the tool for this. :-) Cheers, Wendell At 09:55 AM 1/15/2009, you wrote: Hi all, ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================
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