I don't see how it's possible to develop a template that gives you a flawless page. I find it's a judgment call to decide how many rows of a particular table to keep on a page or to move to the next page.
Is it possible to tell FM that if there are 5 or less rows in a table, move the whole table to the next page? Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 Jim Owens wrote: > If you want a page layout that FrameMaker cannot deliver automatically, > then overriding the template for the printed output is your only option. > > The alternatives are to devise a template that produces a flawless page, > or at least an acceptable one, every time; or to lower your standards > for page layout and just print whatever your template produces. > > > > Deirdre Reagan wrote: > >> Hi all, good morning. >> >> FM 8.0, XP. >> >> This is really a best practices question. >> >> A couple of weeks ago, there was a discussion about overrides, and how >> they should be used rarely or not at all. >> >> So I thought about that and started to watch our use of overrides. >> >> We use overrides all the time. For instance, if a figure would be >> better placed at the top of the next page, we create that override >> (our figure tag is set at Anywhere). >> >> We also used Top of Page when we want to keep a paragraph from >> breaking over two pages. >> >> Is it really preferable to create a paragraph tag for each instance of >> formatting? I'd end up a lot of one-time-use-only tags. >> >> Also, most of these overrides occur in the editing process, after the >> content has been established and we are focused on making the document >> look professional. Should I be creating tags as I edit the document, >> rather than override the existing tag as I make layout decisions? >> >> A second question, now that I'm really thinking about this: >> >> I'm really bothered by the Top of Page as an override, because if we >> add text to the front end, that override is going to force a Top of >> Page we might not want. But I haven't been able to find a "keep >> together" option, like Word has for keeping lines of text together. >> Next Pgf is similar, but it works differently in significant ways. >> You can't Next Pgf a single paragraph, for instance, but you can keep >> it whole without forcing it to the top of the next page in Word. >> >> Anyway, any comments and insight into the override / editor's role / >> tidying up the document / is there a "keep together" issue would be >> most welcome! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Deirdre >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to Framers as jowens at magma.ca. >> >> 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/jowens%40magma.ca >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as sbw at actcom.com. > > 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/sbw%40actcom.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >
