Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > Hi, Stuart > > Stuart Rogers wrote: >> Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: >>> When using Sideheads, I found that if the table widths are relatively >>> small, table titles do not go into the sideheads. >>> >>> Somebody once sent me a solution, which I find myself unable to do >>> again in a new document I am working on. This solution, as I recall, >>> was to create a new paragraph format, which was over the Sidehead >>> area, but had *negative* "before pgf" and "after pgf" settings to >>> help eliminate the extra spaces to the previous body paragraphs. >>> >>> So, I redid a new format called, not surprisingly, "Table Anchor", >>> where I place the table. The font for this is set to 2 pts too. >>> >>> I can get the table to go into the sidehead doing the above, BUT >>> the extra space does not go away (although it is less than before >>> due to the font size) - remains the same as if I had left the >>> space setting at 0! >>> >>> Any hints as to how to fix this extra space problem? > >> I'm a little confused by your references to sideheads, and I'm not >> sure whether you want your table title in the sidehead or not... > > Yes, the title goes into the sidehead, but the actual table left > edge is at the left edge of the body column. > > WithOUT the anchor in the sidehead, if the total table width is > too small, the title ended up in the body and the table edge ended > up inside the body. > > But, with the anchor in the sidehead, this seems to work correctly! > It is just the extra space problem I am left dealing with. > >> But in any case, the little trick involving negative spacing is this: >> In your dedicated and otherwise empty anchoring pgf, set the font to >> any convenient size (does not have to be 2pt, which can make the pgf >> hard to select) and set the Space Below to a negative number *with an >> absolute value greater than the font size*. In the table designer, set >> the Space Above to the same negative value. >> >> E.g., TableAnchor pgf tag: font 10pt, Space Below -12pt >> Table tag: Space Above -12pt > > Hmmm ... this is just about what I did, I think. My TableAnchor pgf > font is set to 2pt, pgf space below and pgf above is set to -14 pt, > and it still has more space than when the space above and below is > set to +12pt, and the anchor is on the previous para (rather than > in a special TableAnchor paragraph). > > Am I overlooking something?
Ah! I figured out my mistake in this first response!!! I had forgotten to set the TABLE space above ... not the PGF table space item. Thanks very much!!! >> You may also find it useful to set a unique colour for the TableAnchor >> pgf tag, so that the pilcrow is easy to identify when text symbols are >> visible. > > Ah! I do keep my text symbols on, as I find it useful. This color > suggestion will make it easier. Thanks!
