Headers and footers again
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- Subject: [mg9630] Headers and footers again
- From: Sean Ross <seanross at worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 21:40:08 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
The following question is VERY SPECIFIC and I have tried many things
already to get it to work. Please, if you respond, take the time to
read the entire message and don't tell me to do what I have already
done or tell me that what I have done should work.
I am using Mathematica 3.0.1 on a Win95 pentium. I want to have all new
notebooks I create have a certain set of headers and footers. In
particular, I want to have the date print on the upper right hand side
of the page and the page number in the lower middle. I have figured
out how to do this: in the right hand header box in the File:Print
Options:Headers and Footers drop down menu, I put
Cell[ TextData[ { ValueBox[ "Day"], " ", ValueBox[
"MonthName"], " ", ValueBox[ "ShortYear"]}], "PageNumber"]
and in the Right hand footer box, I put
Cell[ TextData[ {CounterBox[ "Page"]}]].
The pages print to my satisfaction, all is right with the world. Now I
want these options to become the default. I edit the shared style
sheet and make the changes. Then I open up a new notebook and ... the
footer with the page number is there, but the header is still the
default. I say, well, lets try editing the option inspector. I open
the option inspector and choose Cell Options: Printing Options:
PageHeaders: RightHandPageHeaders and enter the appropriate options and
click on apply. I open a new notebook and the footer option is as I
specified but the header is the default. The options inspector reports
that the headers are as I specified, but the file menu gives the
default and the printer follows the file menu, not the options
inspector.
So, I went through the mathematica directory manually editing the
empty.nb and init.m for the front end. They all have the headers that
I specify, but new notebooks still have the default header and the new
footer even though the options inspector still has my values for the
header.
My question is: exactly where do the options come from that are used for
new notebooks. Please do not tell me
SystemFiles\FrontEnd\StyleSheets\default.nb, empty.nb or Common
Files\Mathematica\3.0\FrontEnd\init.m. I have already edited them,
they all reflect my changes, but new notebooks do not reflect the
options in these files. There must be something else that is
influencing which options get put in the Print Options menu.
P.S. This kind of problem underscores the need for a front end manual
and for adequate testing by humans before the product is shipped.