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In article <1992Aug19.110653.14881@husc3.harvard.edu>, mirsky1@husc8.harvard.edu
(David Mirsky) says:
>
>In article <92232.143649ICH530@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ICH530@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
>>In article <1992Aug19.005727.14877@husc3.harvard.edu>,
>mirsky1@husc8.harvard.edu
>>(David Mirsky) says:
>>>
>>>Hi. I plan to use Word 5 to do some screenwriting. By using style sheets
>>>and outline mode I have almost all the flexibility that I need.
>>>However, I would kill for a Word feature that would automatically
>>>insert character names above dialogue which was split by a page
>>>break.
>>
>>This seems simple:  just make each part of dialog a separate Section and
>>put the name of the character (as it's supposed to look on the top of
>>the page) in the Header of that Section.
>>
>>Harald S. Poelchau
>>Forschungszentrum Juelich (KFA)
>>Germany
>
>Harald, thanks for the idea, but either it is not that simple or I
>dont quite understand how to use Sectioning for the desired effect.
>
>A page from a screenplay can contain dialogue from a number of
>characters. In Word, if there is more than one section to a page,
>the header and footer from the first section are used on that page.
>However, I need the header and footer of the LAST section to be
>used, since it is the dialogue of the last character on the page
>that I need to be followed by a header of that character's name.
>In addition, I would have to set the header and footer for each
>bit of dialogue, which would be very time consuming in itself.
>If you know a way around this then please tell me. I dont see
>one.
>
>David

Try it this way:
1. When you start, go into Section (Format Menu) and change from "New page" to
"No break".  That will take care of the rest of the manuscript.
2. When you get into the dialog start a new Section before each
character's turn (hit command_enter).  Type the character's name, copy it,
Open Header (under Format Menu), and paste the name where you want it to
appear at the top of a new page.

This will put the name of the character who's speech is going over the
page break at top of the next page.

This shouldn't take too much extra time.  You could also assign a key command
to Open Header to make it faster. Or perhaps make a macro with QuickKeys or
AutoMac etc. to do it automatically for you with one key stroke.

Harald S. Poelchau
Forschungszentrum Juelich (KFA)
Germany