On 25/05/2012 12:16 AM, Alan Litchfield wrote:
Hi Dan,
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I would change things slightly: 1. By formatting the text you said would be white as red, until proofing stage. Create a paragraph format and call it TblFtntPara. I would set the text to red, then change it the size to be 1pt and white. 2a. In the footnote text, insert a unique marker (sequential numbering or something). 2b. Create a character format and call it something like TblSupScrpt: the format will be superscripted, with all else "As is". 2c. Create a cross reference format that displays the footnote number only, and uses the TblSupScrpt format (like this<TablSupScrpt><$paranumonly>). 2c. Then for the superscripted number to appear in the table, insert a cross reference to the marker in the footnote. The number will appear superscripted, and will be the number of the footnote. Since these are cross references, you will need to run the update to see any changes are effected.
I would suggest a refinement. The objective is to have footnote numbers in the body text just before the table, which are visible when editing but do not take up any space and are invisible when printing. These footnote numbers have footnote text at the bottom of the page, and all the numbering of footnotes is automatically sequential.
The numbers are "faked" to appear as though they originate in table cells by cross-referencing to the Footnote paragraphs, in the way that Alan describes above. (I'm not sure what advantage there is to inserting unique markers, Alan? You can just x-ref to the Footnote pgf type and select the appropriate pgf.)
To prepare for visible/invisible toggling, View > Color > Definitions and create a new colour (e.g., TableFN). Then View > Color > Views and in View 2, move TableFN to the Invisible column. Simply toggle from one view to the other when you alternate between editing and printing.
To use that visibility toggling and take up no space, create a tag for dedicated paragraphs that will contain only the table anchor and the footnote reference numbers intended to (re-)appear in the table. This tag should be set to Space Below of a negative value equal to the font size, and font colour TableFN (or whatever you called it). (For usability by the next writer, you might give this tag an Autonumber string of "Placeholder for table footnotes" or other short explanation.)
In Table Designer, set the Space Above to the same negative number you used in Space Below in the anchoring pgf. The combination of negative Space Above/Below will cause the table to overlap the anchoring pgf completely.
When editing a table with footnotes, temporarily make the anchoring pgf accessible by changing the table's Space Above to zero. In the anchoring pgf, insert as many Special > Footnotes as required by the table, typing the footnote text as usual. Then, in the table cells, insert cross-references to those Footnote pgfs. When you're done, change the table's Space Above back to the negative number and toggle to colour view 2.
(PS: I also thought of defining the TableFN colour with the Don't Print setting, but that didn't work -- perhaps it only applies when creating colour separations? I haven't used either feature; maybe someone else can clarify.)
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