Digital Workshop

I got caught beautifully by this today -- and it took a couple of hours to identify and sort the problem.

Here's what happened. These days I work with my page size set to 1024x768, so with that set as default page size in Tools > Option, I set my Chapters properties the same, and allow resizing without setting any maxima or minima. That works well -- normally, until I make a change which months down the track, I forget.

Occasionally I need to use a page which is slightly small than the default -- 1010x760, so I set up a new chapter to cater for this. Being lazy, I did not properly name this chapter so that the properties were obvious. First mistake!

Again, being lazy, I often duplicate chapters and pages so I have them on hand, all set with the required properties -- why? because it saves time

Today I grabbed a wrong empty chapter, added a page and after building it, previewed it. Of course, it previewed with the first page of my pub sitting behind it.

Thinking that I must have inadvertently or mistakenly set an action to do this, I spent an hour or so looking for the culprit. Couldn't find it

Then I remembered the chapter with the slightly smaller page size, and all became clear.

I post this as a reminder to myself and others about how easy it is to do something simple which later comes back and bites you

Sentosa, was this post about Opus or marriage???

Good point -- never thought of it that way