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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes, either rx:flow-section or fo:block span=”all” must be a direct child of fo:flow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I can understand the complexity to flatten things so that you end a flow and start a new sub-flow, but there is no other alternative if you are using these structures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One question: Must the image you wish to place across all three columns be located wherever it falls in the flow? Or could it be at an alternate position?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If an alternate position on the page (like in the footnote area) is acceptable, then you can just use a footnote structure which can occur anywhere in the flow content at any depth and it is pulled into the footnote area. You could place your image (and figure title) in this structure and it would be page wide at the bottom of the page.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you have flexibility in that you can define the page master this page would occur on, then you also have the option of placing it into a marker and pulling it to the top of the page. This also could occur at any level in the hierarchy but would require that specific page to regions large enough to accommodate the image.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kevin Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(650) 327-1000 Direct<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(650) 328-8008 Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(925) 395-1772 Mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>skype:kbrown01<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:kevin@renderx.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>kevin@renderx.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:sales@renderx.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sales@renderx.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.renderx.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.renderx.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Xep-support [mailto:xep-support-bounces@renderx.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Yin<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2015 6:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> xep-support@renderx.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [xep-support] technical help<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have been posting on the DITA yahoo users group but the suggestion was for me to ask this board instead since I am looking at a specific functionality of renderX.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is a Kevin Brown on the forum that has been responding to those posts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am an intermediate user in DITA, working on a pilot project over the last 3 years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to use the <rx:flow-section> element to allow a graphic, buried down inside a topic, nested into a topic, nested into a bookmap, to use up all 3 columns in a 3 column page.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have been able to get the element to work where the minitoc is 1 column and the chapter itself is 3 columns. I have not been able to get the rx:flow-section down to the block level for the placeImage template.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I feel like commons.xsl has to be re-written to flatten everything into its own fo:flow and then only the graphic gets placed as a fo:block.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Need help.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Yin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Peterbilt Motors - Customer Service | Service Publications Manager | 940.591.4196 | <a href="mailto:david.yin@paccar.com">david.yin@paccar.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>