Alison, I just posted an example of what I think you're trying to do. Give this a try and let me know if this works for you.
http://www.beyondprint.com/2010/03/automating-landscape-tables-in-a-portrait-document/ Thanks, Brad On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Alison Craig wrote: > Version: FM9 (9.0p237) > Unstructured > OS: XP Pro with SP3 > FM Experience: 10 months > Tech Comm Experience: 15 years > > > I am condensing a bunch of repeated table content into 2 or 3 tables. Due to > the data format and my page size, I would like to use Landscape format tables > in a Portrait format manual. > > Using my Scriptorium book, I played around with their instructions but that > actually made the entire Appendix Landscape which is not what I want/need as > there will be a some regular title/text content that should be Portrait > style, including the Appendix Heading. > > My book files use Master Pages set up with right and left pages (these were > configured by a contractor as I didn't have the experience to set this up on > my own). I understand the concepts of what was done but perhaps not all the > details which is why I tried the Scriptorium book to sort this out. > > I think what I need are several text flows within the Appendix so that I can > format the "table text flows" as Landscape but leave the rest of the document > (including all Headers and Footers) as Portrait. > > I've thought about using Text Insets to bring in the tables but I'm not sure > how I would insert them in Landscape format - although I think I could create > them that way in my existing Text Inset file. > > FYI: I use table titles before the table (to which the table is anchored). I > type in the title and format it with a Table Para tag that numbers the table > based on Chapter/Appendix and the table number within the Chapter/Appendix > (eg, Table 3-1: xxx, Table B-4: xxx). > > Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. > > Alison > > Alison Craig, Technical Writer > Ultrasonix Medical Corporation > Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 > E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as brad at frameusers.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/brad%40frameusers.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
