Document remembers page settings Printing Preferences
It would be great if metadata could be used on a per document level to define the Printing Preferences for that document (margins, header/footer settings etc).
If they are set, they would override what is defined in Preferences.
At the moment I have to manually change them depending on the type of document I need to print (CV, report etc).
Great software by the way! I use nvALT and Marked for all my print writing when given the choice.
Regards
Steffan
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Brett on 20 May, 2014 11:41 AM
I'd consider this. I'm already planning to make custom processor
arguments changeable through metadata, so adding at least margins and
headers/footers would be handy.
2 Posted by Steffan on 09 Jul, 2015 06:58 PM
Hi Brent,
Since I made this suggestion, header/footer settings can now be controlled nicely on a per document basis. Thanks!
The other part of my request - to be able to do the same with document margins - has not been implemented yet.
It surfaced again today when I wanted to match the width of my printed text column to an image included in the document.
Currently changing it for this document, changes it for all.
So, if it's not considered rude to do so, I'd like to +1 my own change request :^.
Best wishes,
Steffan
Support Staff 3 Posted by Brett on 09 Jul, 2015 08:22 PM
Duly noted, but in most cases margin settings are app-wide, not document
specific, unless you're dealing with a word processor. That will require
revisions to the print preference storage method, and because Marked
doesn't actually create its own document, associating them without using
metadata will be unstable. I can, however, allow MMD metadata in the
document such as:
margin top: 12
margin left: 20
or a single metadata key like
margin: 20 70 20 100
(top right bottom left)
Would that be useful?
4 Posted by Steffan on 09 Jul, 2015 09:48 PM
Hi Brett,
MMD metadata in the document is exactly what I was thinking!
My current template header is:
(populated via TextExpander).
My new header would include your margin line....
I prefer the idea of doing it in one line as it makes the header shorter. But I guess supporting both methods would give a choice.
Document settings would override app settings. If there were no document settings the app settings apply.
That would be the perfect way of doing it for me.
I hope to see it in a future release.
Thanks again!
Steffan
Support Staff 5 Posted by Brett on 09 Jul, 2015 10:18 PM
I'll take it under consideration, thanks for the suggestion.
6 Posted by Dave C. on 16 Jun, 2016 10:32 PM
Hi Brett,
I'm curious if this was integrated. I'd like to do something similar: remove the margins so I can use CSS counters for fancier page/section numbering.
The counters work, but I can't "leave the box". It keeps driving that counter text to the next page in export. Dont really want to zero my margins setting for all documents or constantly play the "settings reset" game (I will if I have to… just don't want to. ;) ).
Cheers,
-Dave C.
Support Staff 7 Posted by Brett on 17 Jun, 2016 01:33 PM
It hasn't been implemented yet, still on the list. However, I should note that because of the way the OS X print system works, counters would not be implementable. It would be nearly impossible to position something on every page using CSS.