page layout for teacher guide

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snookiejane

Hi,
I'm creating a teacher/student guide for a number of
colleagues. We are planning to print this on double sided
paper. We want to have the teacher notes appear on the
left hand side of the page in the teacher guide. In the
student guide these notes will be replaced with an area
in which our students can write notes during the class.
I like the idea but i can see lots of problems with text
flow and pagination. Can anyone give me any advice on how
to set the pages up in the template?
Thanking you in advance for your time.
take care
Holly
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

You could use a two-column borderless table, starting a new row whenever you
need to synch the teacher notes with the text. This is by far the easiest
solution. Alternatively, you can use a large left margin, empty in the
student version and using framed paragraphs for the teacher notes. A frame
can be included in a style definition, which makes insertion of these framed
notes relatively easy, but this approach is better suited to brief snippets
of text. If the teacher notes are voluminous or need to flow from one page
to the next, a table will work better, as frames are limited to one page.
 
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Guest

Many thanks for that. It makes perfect sense. We had a
discussion about this earlier and a number of my
colleagues came up with a different take on the
requirement. Basically, they have suggested that we think
about printing on both sides of the page. Lets assume we
have the student guide open. They want to have the
instructor notes on the left hand page and the course
notes on the right hand page. In the students version,
the instructor notes would be replaced by a lined page
which would allow them take notes.
I think this is a really good solutuion but i see a
couple of real problems. The text flow between the pages
in the guide would be a problem. In terms of pagination
the instructional content would have to flow from say
page 23 to page 25 for example. Page 24 in this example
would be taken up with the instructor notes or the
student note taking page. i dont know if this kind of
text flow is possible. Similarly is it possible to ensure
that the numbering would work?
Take care
Holly
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Yes, you could do this, but it would require two separate documents. The
numbering is a fairly trivial issue (provided you don't want a TOC), but
keeping the notes synchronized with the text would be problematic.
 
G

Guest

The only problem is that i do need to be able to
synchronize the notes with the text and a TOC is
absolutely required !
I think we can build the student guide using the strategy
you suggest, and look at using a two column layout to
accommodate the instructor materials. Its not ideal and
it will mean that there are different versions but it
will produce good materials.
Many thanks for your help. It is really appreciated.
Take care
Alan
 
B

Bob S

Yes, you could do this, but it would require two separate documents. The
numbering is a fairly trivial issue (provided you don't want a TOC), but
keeping the notes synchronized with the text would be problematic.
Click to expand...

The page numbering with a TOC can be simple if you are willing to be
unorthodox. Number one of the documents and include a TOC. In the
other document have no numbers (or numbers like "Comments for Page
{PAGE}") and blank pages to match the TOC space. Your document gets
numbers that increment by one for every "text" page, i.e. for every
two physical pages.

But keeping the notes scynched with the text is still a killer.

Bob S
 
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Bob S

Many thanks for that. It makes perfect sense. We had a
discussion about this earlier and a number of my
colleagues came up with a different take on the
requirement. Basically, they have suggested that we think
about printing on both sides of the page. Lets assume we
have the student guide open. They want to have the
instructor notes on the left hand page and the course
notes on the right hand page. In the students version,
the instructor notes would be replaced by a lined page
which would allow them take notes.
I think this is a really good solutuion but i see a
couple of real problems. The text flow between the pages
in the guide would be a problem. In terms of pagination
the instructional content would have to flow from say
page 23 to page 25 for example. Page 24 in this example
would be taken up with the instructor notes or the
student note taking page. i dont know if this kind of
text flow is possible. Similarly is it possible to ensure
that the numbering would work?
Take care
Holly
Click to expand...

If you have a printer that can take large enough paper, you can still
use Suzanne's method. Set your margins on the wide paper so that the
text all ends up on the left. Put frames in the giant right margin to
hold the notes. Print it, chop or fold the giant pages down the
middle, and bind it.

Bob S
 
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