> The problem is as follows.  I have several figures/external-graphics that I need
> to render at full page size.  However, I do not want to create a page-break at
> the point in the document flow where the image appears.  Rather, I want to place
> the external-graphic on its own page which immediately follows the point in the
> document flow where the fo:external-graphic element appears.  The text before
> and after the fo:external-graphic should flow together, uninterrupted by any
> page breaks.

You are talking about before-floats. Just take your images into
<float float="before"> and you will get what you are describing.
With XEP, at least.

David Tolpin
http://davidashen.net/

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