No. It'll work in 9 just fine. Thanks,
Brad On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Alison Craig wrote: > I'd love to try it but it says it's for FM8 and I have FM9 - isn't this a > problem? > > Alison Craig, Technical Writer > Ultrasonix Medical Corporation > Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 > E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Anderson [mailto:brad at frameusers.com] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:38 AM > To: Alison Craig > Cc: Brad Anderson; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Landscape Tables in a Portrait Style Book > > 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. >
