Hi Dave,
What needs to be adjusted, and how do I make the adjustment? (So far, I've tried to adjust it by mouse-dragging on the bounding box handles).
The easiest way to do this is to use the arrow keys on the keyboard. Hold down SHIFT and then right/left up/down to change the size and CTRL and right/left up/down to change the position. I would start by making it so small that you can see all 4 borders inside the band. Then adjust the size until the red borders appear, then go back one pixel to make them disappear and you're exactly fitted.
Note: The width of the placeholder defines the width of your topic content. It's height defines the smallest block of text that can be kept together at the bottom of the page without being bumped to the next page. The height has become less important since the introduction of widow and orphan control, however.
Headings in H+M Write like to encroach on body text (style Normal in H+M). How do I prevent this? Also, the space between the heading and its text is huge -- how do I control this?
I think your heading variables may be in the wrong places, although I can't quite see the band labels in your screenshot. You can use the <%HEADING1%> variable in the page header (but not ANY other variables) but you must also use it in the level 1 band. Also, each heading variable must be in the band that matches its number/level. So the <%HEADING1%> variable must be in the level 1 band, the <%HEADING2%> variable must be in the level 2 band, and so on. Otherwise everything will get mixed up.
To learn how to manage the spacing you need to study
Designing a Template > Topics Section in the Manual Designer help (F1). Basically, space above the text object in the band will be added between the heading and the previous text, even if the object does not extend to the top of the band. To add space below the object in the band you need to make the band higher AND increase the height of the text object extend down to the bottom of the band. The anchors for the objects also play a role here. See the referenced help topic for full details.
Finally, the heading "Common Scenarios" is oversized. Where is the font size controlled?
If that is a topic header it is controlled by the formatting of the corresponding text object in the band for that topic level. That will also get sorted better once you have your variable numbers matching your band numbers. Normal headings WITHIN topics just use the formatting from your project, as applied in the topic editor. It is only the main headers of the topics that are formatted within the PDF template (only the plain text of the header is exported to PDF).
