Joining Files
Posted: 2021-02-04 19:52:22
G'day, all
I wonder if anyone having more facility with the Macro Language than I possess would be interested in augmenting Kino's "Join Files" Macro to address a few of its deficiencies, specifically:–
(1) The resultant joined file appears to be for a Paper Size of A4, even if the files to be joined (and, indeed, the Nisus New File template) are of a different Paper Size. It is not apparent to me where in the Macro this coercion occurs.
(2) The values for the Margins (including Headers and Footers) in the files to be joined are not respected in the resultant joined file, even when each of the files to be joined has the same settings.
(3) The contents of Headers and Footers are not preserved.
As the Macro stands, files are separated by a simple Page Break in the resultant joined file. My preference would be for them to be separated by a Section Break (Next Page) instead. This would facilitate matters where each of the files to be joined represents a chapter (say) with its own distinctive Header (and perhaps also Footer) content. Even if odd and even pages (for the joined files document) were not taken into account in the Macro, at least Header content would appear somewhere in the resultant file, which would make finding chapters easier and provide a source for a Copy-and-Paste operation if required.
Thanks for your consideration.
Cheers,
Adrian
I wonder if anyone having more facility with the Macro Language than I possess would be interested in augmenting Kino's "Join Files" Macro to address a few of its deficiencies, specifically:–
(1) The resultant joined file appears to be for a Paper Size of A4, even if the files to be joined (and, indeed, the Nisus New File template) are of a different Paper Size. It is not apparent to me where in the Macro this coercion occurs.
(2) The values for the Margins (including Headers and Footers) in the files to be joined are not respected in the resultant joined file, even when each of the files to be joined has the same settings.
(3) The contents of Headers and Footers are not preserved.
As the Macro stands, files are separated by a simple Page Break in the resultant joined file. My preference would be for them to be separated by a Section Break (Next Page) instead. This would facilitate matters where each of the files to be joined represents a chapter (say) with its own distinctive Header (and perhaps also Footer) content. Even if odd and even pages (for the joined files document) were not taken into account in the Macro, at least Header content would appear somewhere in the resultant file, which would make finding chapters easier and provide a source for a Copy-and-Paste operation if required.
Thanks for your consideration.
Cheers,
Adrian