Re: Tables - top alignment in multiple columns

[Hedley_S_Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Larry:

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Since Frame tables must be anchored to a
paragraph, Adobe suggests, in its
Technical Solutions document # 318278, that one can reduce the space
between the table and the top of
the text frame. However, as Adobe also admits, this still leaves a 2pt
space above the table in the first
column.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to eliminate that pesky space?

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Create a TableAnchor para tag.

Give it a small font size, say, 2pt, and interline spacing of, oh, say, 2
pt.

Give it a space above of 0 pt and a space below of -2 pt (negative
spacing).

The top of the table is now aligned to the top of the text frame.

It is now next to impossible to see or even find the anchoring para.  But
that's why you name it -- so you can use Find to look for the TableAnchor
tag.

Actually, anywhere you can put a number into a FrameMaker dialogue can also
be a negative number with interesting results (which sometimes just consist
of it bitching that it wants a postive number!).

Regards,

Hedley






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