Deirdre Reagan wrote: > I fixed it! > > I autoconnected the first page to the second page and the table on the > last page miraculously rolled over to a new page. > > I don't know why that worked, but I'm glad it did! >
It worked because text frames that have a flow tag and autoconnection cause FM to automatically create more pages when text reaches the bottom of the frames. (That's part of the reason it's called a "flow" -- content is a continuous stream, although it is visible only in discrete frames and pages.) Text frames that have no flow connection or tag exist in isolation and do not cause more pages to be created when they contain too much text. (Note re terminology: it is actually frames, not pages, that are connected.) The only remaining "don't know" is how the disconnected frame got created in the first place. It's possible that someone deliberately used the Special > Add Disconnected Pages command, thereby foiling FM's beautiful engineering with their manual intervention. (Unlike with MS Weird, it's better to let FM do its own thing ;-) On the other hand, it is remarkably easy to accidentally create a flowless, disconnected text frame by selecting a normal frame (CTRL-click) and moving it while the CTRL key is still pressed. A "mouse-stutter" that moves the frame even one pixel and back again is enough to duplicate the frame (minus flow tag) directly on top of the original. If content happens to end on that page, you will see the end-of-flow marker on the connected frame, while also seeing such a marker on the disconnected (disconcerting!) frame on top of it. But if your content doesn't end on the connected page, it can be very mystifying indeed. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "A man's screech should exceed his rasp, or what's a violin for?" --another Rogers Original
