Thanks! I will give this a shot. Z
> -----Original Message----- > From: knowhowpro at gmail.com [mailto:knowhowpro at gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Peter Gold > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:26 PM > To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); framers at > lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Fwd: Stretching a table footnote to the column width ... > > Sent before complete.... > Hi, Syed: > > > > In tables that do not "stretch" over the entire page width, table > > footnotes do not stretch to the page width either. They wrap --- pretty > > much at the right edge of the rightmost table column. > > > > Is there a way to change this? I.e., have the table be relatively narrow > > and yet have the table footnote go all the way across the page (or to > > some other setting point)? > > You can imitate table footnotes: > > * Change the table footnote paragraph format to white text, 2pt, no > space above/below, run-into paragraph. This makes them very small, all > on one line below the table. > > * Delete or rename the Reference-page table footnote separator frame. > This eliminates space between the table and the tiny invisible > footnotes. > > * Create a new paragraph format for your fake table footnotes. > > * Create a new cross-reference format for your fake table footnotes, > with the building block <$paranumonly>. Precede it with a > character-format building block if you like, for example > <Emphasis><$paranumonly>. > > It works like this: > > * Create a table footnote in a cell. The footnote's reference symbol, > number, or letter appears at the insertion point. The actual footnote > symbol, number, or letter appears below the table, white and tiny - > almost invisible. Because its paragraph format is run-into, additional > table footnotes will appear on the same line, until there are so many > that they wrap to the next line. > > * Below the invisible table footnote indicators, create a new blank > paragraph tagged with your new table footnote paragraph format. > > * Insert a cross-reference to the paragraph in the table that has the > table footnote reference. > > * The table footnote's reference symbol, number, or letter appears at > the beginning of the paragraph. > > * Type the footnote text; it wraps at the right margin as expected, > independent of the table width. > > NOTES: > > * If you rearrange the order of the table footnote sources, or > add/delete table footnotes, you'll need to use Edit > Update > References All Cross-References to update the cross-references. > > * If you insert new footnotes in cells before, or between others in > the table, you'll need to create their fake paragraphs at the > corresponding place in the footnote list that follows the table. > > * Depending on your needs, you may want to create your fake table > footnotes in a text frame in an anchored frame you create below the > table. > > You can find more about the principle involved here by reading the > topic "Inserting more than one reference to a footnote," in FM Help. > > Please report back to this list about your progress and results. > Others on the list may have other suggestions, or improvements to add.
