page layout for a double-wide table
Ben Hechter wrote: > Just curious, has anyone attempted a 2-page master page layout for a > lengthy double-wide table? Beyond a compressed landscape format, all > I can come up with at this point is some sort of artificial 11x17 > page size, but am stumped further... If I understand correctly, you want a single table to span facing 8.5x11 pages. If the table is the only thing on only one pair of pages, here's an idea that is cumbersome to set up and maintain, but might work. Create the table on an 11x17 landscape layout in its own file. In your working file, on a left page, create an anchored frame the same size and position as your text frame. Within it, create a text frame of the same dimensions and position. Put the insertion point in that text frame and import the table file as an inset. You now have the left half of your table on a left page, cropped by the anchored frame. Repeat the process on the right page. Select the imported table on that page and set its Alignment in the Table Designer to Right. (This is an override; just Apply, don't Update All.) You now have the right half of the table on a right page, cropped by the anchored frame. Obviously, you'll have to do some playing around with a central table column with no borders or content, to accommodate the book's gutter. Also, the autonumbering, if it exists, will increment on the right page. You might have to fake the table numbering for your TOC by putting a titled empty table above the real one, and autonumber the real one with its own series label that is not used elsewhere, so as not to disrupt the numbering of other tables in the book. Caveat: This suggestion is not called "lubrican". ;-) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com If it makes things work more easily, why isn't it called lubrican?
Re: page layout for a double-wide table
Ben Hechter wrote: > Just curious, has anyone attempted a 2-page master page layout for a > lengthy double-wide table? Beyond a compressed landscape format, all > I can come up with at this point is some sort of artificial 11x17 > page size, but am stumped further... If I understand correctly, you want a single table to span facing 8.5x11 pages. If the table is the only thing on only one pair of pages, here's an idea that is cumbersome to set up and maintain, but might work. Create the table on an 11x17 landscape layout in its own file. In your working file, on a left page, create an anchored frame the same size and position as your text frame. Within it, create a text frame of the same dimensions and position. Put the insertion point in that text frame and import the table file as an inset. You now have the left half of your table on a left page, cropped by the anchored frame. Repeat the process on the right page. Select the imported table on that page and set its Alignment in the Table Designer to Right. (This is an override; just Apply, don't Update All.) You now have the right half of the table on a right page, cropped by the anchored frame. Obviously, you'll have to do some playing around with a central table column with no borders or content, to accommodate the book's gutter. Also, the autonumbering, if it exists, will increment on the right page. You might have to fake the table numbering for your TOC by putting a titled empty table above the real one, and autonumber the real one with its own series label that is not used elsewhere, so as not to disrupt the numbering of other tables in the book. Caveat: This suggestion is not called "lubrican". ;-) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com If it makes things work more easily, why isn't it called lubrican? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
page layout for a double-wide table
Just curious, has anyone attempted a 2-page master page layout for a lengthy double-wide table? Beyond a compressed landscape format, all I can come up with at this point is some sort of artificial 11x17 page size, but am stumped further... Thanks for any help, Ben Ben Hechter [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.semitake.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
page layout for a double-wide table
Just curious, has anyone attempted a 2-page master page layout for a lengthy double-wide table? Beyond a compressed landscape format, all I can come up with at this point is some sort of artificial 11x17 page size, but am stumped further... Thanks for any help, Ben Ben Hechter bhechter at objectives.ca www.semitake.com
