2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
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orking with tables and groups
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or flexibility, you can group tables to other items using the Group command (Item
menu). In addition, you can disassemble a table by converting its cells to a series of
grouped text boxes, picture boxes, or both. This method lets you separate elements
of a table and use those elements elsewhere in a layout. To do this, select a table and
choose Table > Convert Table > To Group. To work with the individual boxes,
choose Item > Ungroup.
Continuing tables in other locations
Because tables do not always fit on one page or spread — or within the space
allotted in a design — tables can be automatically continued to other locations
anywhere in a layout.
There are two ways to continue tables:
Anchoring the table in a text box. This is the preferred way to break a table in•
most situations, because it is easiest to use
Breaking the table manually. This method is necessary when you break a table•
horizontally (for example, if you want to put the first five columns of a table on
one page and the remaining three columns on a different page).
When tables are continued, you may still need a legend to explain what’s in the
table. You can add a legend in the form of automatically created and synchronized
header and footer rows, and you can create special “continued” table headers for
portions of a table after the first.
Anchoring tables in text
One way to continue a table in another location is to anchor the table in a text box.
An anchored table flows with the text like any other anchored object, but it also
breaks automatically if it is too long to fit in the box and it is the only thing in the
paragraph that contains it.
To anchor a table in text:
Create the table.
1.
Select the table with the Item tool .2.
Choose Edit > Cut.3.
Select the Text Content tool and place the text insertion point where you4.
want the table to be.
Choose Edit > Paste.
5.
At this point, the table will break automatically as it flows through the text.
However, it will not have a header unless you add it. For more information, see
“Adding header and footer rows to tables.”