RE: rotating tables

[Jim Stauffer <JStauffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you want a portrait page with a table that runs 'sideways,' the method
that I've used is...

Create a set of custom left/right master pages copied from the standard L/R
pages.

Delete the text frames.

Rotate the pages 90 deg.

Place new text boxes on the pages.

Unrotate.

Go to the body pages and apply the new masters.

Rotate the body page 90 deg and insert/create the table.

Unrotate.
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You have to remember that you can edit the body pages only when they are
rotated to the orientaton of when the text box was placed on the master. 



Jim Stauffer
Sr. Technical Writer
BeamReach Networks
Sunnyvale, CA
www.beamreachnetworks.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Pogue [mailto:kpogue@mitra.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:10 PM
To: framers@omsys.com
Subject: rotating tables


I have a table that takes up 7 portrait pages in FrameMaker that would be
better viewed/displayed on a landscape page. 
 
I attempted to rotate the table inside of an anchored frame, but because the
table runs over more than one page, this feature did not work. The other
option is to set the page to landscape, but when I attempted this,
FrameMaker wanted to change the page orientation for the entire file.
 
Does anyone have experience with this sort of scenario?
 
I look forward to your help.
 
Regards,
Karen Pogue
kpogue@mitra.com
Educational Services, Mitra Imaging
Waterloo, ON CANADA

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