Look at that! Yes indeed. If only someone would invent a function that allows a link between text in one file and text in another file. Ah, a girl can dream.
LOL Thanks, Deirdre On 10/3/08, Peter Gold <peter at knowhowpro.com> wrote: > Hi, Deirdre: > > In FM Help, it's common that information is present, but it is > described in terms that aren't exactly the ones you expect or search > for, or it is buried in the mass of found topics. > > Your search did find what you needed, about 12 lines down, in the > topic, "Breaking tables at a specific place." > > Searches in Help file that's included in your FrameMaker installation > (the one that comes up with the F1 key, or from Help > Help Topics) is > and in the online Help you get by choosing Help > Complete FrameMaker > Help, which takes you to a page at Adobe.com sometimes rank responses > differently. Under User Guides, Using Adobe FrameMaker 8, clicking > LiveDocs takes you to a searchable online version of the User Guide. > Searching for table break returns the topic "Breaking tables at a > specific place" as the third entry. > > This is all un- or under-documented. LiveDocs for some Adobe > applications work like wikis - you can post comments and correction > requests directly to them. > > You can contribute greatly to the FrameMaker community if you'd post a > formal request at > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform to make > the FM LiveDocs interactive, and also to correct the LiveDocs, PDF, > and distributed versions of the FM Help topics "Controlling page > breaks in tables," and "Controlling where tables begin" to include > linked references to the topic "Breaking tables at a specific place." > > Future generations of FM users will thank you. > > HTH > > Regards, > > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Deirdre Reagan <deirdre.reagan at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Is anyone else as annoyed by FrameMaker's useless help function as I am? > > > > I want to put a page break in my table. Here's what I get when I type > > "table break" into the Help search function: > > > > *** > > Controlling page breaks in tables > > > > If all the rows of a table don't fit in a text column, some of the > > rows move to the next page or column. You can control how the table > > breaks between pages or columns. For example, you can set the minimum > > number of rows that can appear on a page or column, or specify that > > two rows always appear together on the same page or column. You can > > also force a break at any row in a table. > > > > When you insert a table, the minimum number of rows in a column or on > > a page is determined by the table format. You can change this number > > in the Table Designer. > > > > On the other hand, keeping two rows together and forcing a page break > > are not part of the format; they are custom settings, which you make > > on a case-by-case basis. If you apply a different format to the table, > > these settings are not overwritten. > > > > For information on controlling where a table starts on a page or in a > > column, see Controlling where tables begin. > > *** > > > > Ok. So, I can control how the table breaks. Great! I can force a > > break at any row in a table. Fantastic! > > > > Anyone notice anything missing? > > > > I especially like this nugget of useful information: "forcing a page > > break [is] not part of the format; they are custom settings, which you > > make on a case-by-case basis." > > > > Um, where? How? > > > > In case anyone here doesn't know, it's Table> Row Format > Start Row:. > > > > Deirdre > > _______________________________________________ > > >