Re: add on tool question

["Deborah Snavely" <dsnavely@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerilynne asked:

>I'm trying to build a template that automates some issues with
>tables that span multiple pages. I've got the Table Continuation
variable
>that displays at the top of each page of the table. However, I wondered
if
>someone had an automated way to add "Table continued on next page" to
the
>bottom of the table. I know that I can use footer rows, but that
inserts
>this text at the bottom of the last page of the table.

I'm not clear on what you want. A footer row appears on every page of
the table...so it works for every page EXCEPT the last page. If that's
the difficulty you're facing, I see your point...everything Frame
automates (Table title below the table, footer row) is universal for the
whole table. Now *there's* an RFE for you: ability to include or exclude
the first or last page of a table for any of the automated items. Ruling
can omit the bottom rule on all but the last page of table; why not an
inverted item. 

I did a quick test and the Table Continued variable does not display on
a second page if you put it into a footer cell. Urg. And my usual
solution -- paragraphs before and after tables -- wouldn't work at all;
you need something to suppress a paragraph after the table. <shaking
head> 

The quickest solution I can think of is master pages that incorporate
the "table continued on next page" footer-like object, and apply them to
all but the last page of the table. Another reason to endorse Hedley's
long-desired context-sensitive master pages! But scriptable, I should
think, using FrameScript or AppleScript without looking farther afield.

Deborah Snavely
Document Architect, Learning Products Engineering
Aurigin Systems, Inc. home office: 541-688-8690
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