Break tables across frames, Change cell inset spacing, Add text before a table – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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Note that changing the spacing before the table does not affect the spacing of a table row that falls at the top of a
frame.
Break tables across frames
Use Keep options to determine how many rows should remain together, or to specify where a row breaks, such as at
the top of a column or frame.
When you create a table that is taller than the frame in which it resides, the frame is overset. If you thread the frame
to another frame, the table continues in that frame. Rows move into threaded frames one at a time—you can’t break
a single row across multiple frames. Specify header or footer rows to repeat information in the new frame.
1
Position the insertion point in the appropriate row, or select a range of cells in the rows you want to keep together.
2
Choose Table > Cell Options > Rows And Columns.
3
To keep the selected rows together, select Keep With Next Row.
4
To cause the row to break in a specified location, select an option (such as In Next Frame) from the Start Row
menu, and then click OK.
If you create a single table that spans both pages of a spread, you may want to add a blank column in the middle of
the table to create inset margins.
See also
“Add table headers and footers” on page 256
Change cell inset spacing
1
Using the Type tool
, place the insertion point in or select the cell or cells you want to affect.
2
Choose Table > Cell Options > Text, or display the Table panel.
3
Under Cell Insets, specify values for Top, Bottom, Left, and Right, and then click OK.
In many cases, increasing the cell inset spacing will increase the row height. If the row height is set at a fixed value,
make sure that you leave enough room for the inset values, to avoid causing overset text.
Add text before a table
A table is anchored to the paragraphs that immediately precede and follow it. If you insert a table at the beginning
of the text frame, you can’t click above the table to place an insertion point. Instead, use the arrow keys to move the
insertion point before the table.
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Place the insertion point at the beginning of the paragraph in the first cell, press the Left Arrow key, and begin
typing.
Format text within a table
In general, use the same methods to format text in a table that you would use to format text that’s not in a table.
See also