In addition to what Richard said, table rows don't split across pages. So if you have really long table rows, it can cause awkward page breaks.
Nadine >________________________________ >From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com> >To: Tim J. Slager <TSlager at isdcorporation.com>; "framers at >lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:31:18 AM >Subject: RE: Table jumps to next page > >Tim J. Slager wrote: > >> I have a multi-page table that skips to the next page to start, leaving >> most of the previous page blank. The table is preceded by a heading. >> Both the heading and the table start on the next page. >> - Table is set to Start: Anywhere >> - Heading is set to Start: Anywhere >> - When I change the heading to body text, the table starts on previous >> page as it should. >> - All pertinent settings in the heading seem to be identical to those >> for body text. >> - Hold on. ?If I clear the Keep With: Next Pgf for the heading, the >> heading and table don't jump to the next page. This doesn't make sense >> to me but, hey, it works. >> - I'm downgrading this inquiry from Help! to Why? > >I'm guessing that your table is anchored in the heading pgf instead of in its >own anchor pgf. In that case, the heading's Keep With Next Pgf setting tries >to keep it with the pgf that follows it, which is the first pgf after the >table. > >Unlike Word, FM's object model doesn't treat a table as a continuation of the >main text flow. (That's why, unlike Word, you can't move the cursor into the >table from the preceding text flow.) > >An FM table is more like an anchored frame. Both tables and anchored frames >are represented in the flow by a single zero-width character, the anchor. And >for all intents and purposes, the frame or table resides in the pgf in which >it's anchored. > >If you turn on View > Text Symbols, you can easily demonstrate this to >yourself. Put the cursor somewhere to the left of the table anchor in the >heading pgf preceding the table. Now press the right arrow key repeatedly. >When the cursor reaches the end of the heading pgf, the next key-press takes >it to the beginning of the pgf following the table. That pgf is what actually >follows the heading pgf in the main flow, since from a flow perspective, the >table is contained in the heading pgf. > >HTH! > >Richard G. Combs >Senior Technical Writer >Polycom, Inc. >richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom >303-223-5111 >------ >rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom >303-903-6372 >------ > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.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/generic668%40yahoo.ca > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110830/14295610/attachment.html>
