I have noted a related (well, not really, but sort of!) problem with using side-head columns and table. In some of my documents, the table title uses both the side-head and the text column (the table number is in the side-head in these documents).
When I make the table width small, the table title refuses to stretch over the side-head column and stays in the main text column only - left aligned. The table itself also moves over (i.e., does not stay left-aligned with the edge of the main text column). I have to force larger table columns - if you pick *just* the right number for the column widths (or add some columns), the table title snaps over the side- head column like I want and the table position adjusts itself to the left edge of the main text column! I hope I am describing this properly ... I can create a small text document to show it, but I think this list software does not allow attachments. Z Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I think you are misdiagnosing the problem. Try this: > > 1) Insert a left-aligned table with a title in a text column. Make sure > the table is narrower than the text column. > > 2) Set the table title to be left-aligned. Type text in the table title > and you will see that if it is longer than the table width, it will > extend beyond the right edge of the table. This does not happen if the > title is center-aligned. > > Design-considerations aside, this is clearly a bug. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing > 585-659-8267 > www.frameexpert.com > > > > Rhea Barron wrote: > >> Since my tables are generally narrower than the text column >> they're in, this is a problem. I don't want the titles to be >> wider than the tables. >> I can't find any way to make the titles narrower when the >> title paragraph tag is flush left. The minute I change the >> title para tag to be centered, the text rect that contains >> the table title changes to become exactly the width of the >> table. But as luck would have it, I don't like centered >> titles. I like flush left titles. > > But you're getting flush left titles. "Flush left" means "starting at > the left margin of the text column." :-) > > It sounds like you're centering these narrow tables within the column, > and then you want the titles to align with the left edge of the tables. > Sorry, FM doesn't work that way. The locations of the tables and their > titles are both in relation to the text column, frame, or underlying > page. > >> What puzzles me is that I've used FrameMaker for over 15 >> years and I don't remember ever having this problem before. >> But now it occurs in even a brand-new generic FrameMaker file. > > Maybe you've never tried to mix centered tables with non-centered titles > before. I never have. And, frankly, I never will -- it sounds like a bad > design idea to me. Why not rethink it? If you align your tables flush > left, or some fixed indent, like an inch, your problem goes away. > > IMNSO, YMMV, HTH > Richard > > > ------ > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > ------ > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-777-0436 > ------ > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as Syed.Hosain at aeris.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/syed.hosain%40aeris.net > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.