2020

BOXES, LINES, AND 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.
Continued Table Headers work better in QuarkXPress 15.1. You can apply
Continued Headers on both standalone tables, and table anchored inside text
boxes.
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.
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Select the table with the Item tool . 2.
Choose Edit > Cut. 3.
Select the Text Content tool and place the text insertion point where you 4.
want the table to be.
Choose Edit > Paste.
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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.”
You can define the width of an anchored table either through Edit Table Styles
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or through the Home or Table tab of the measurement palette. The anchored
width can be specified in percent or in fixed.
Breaking a table manually
One way to continue a table in another location is to specify a table break. The table
break is the maximum size the table can reach before it splits into two linked tables.
In continued tables, any changes to a table, such as inserted columns, are reflected
throughout the table. To manually create a continued instance of a table:
Choose Table > Table Break to display the Table Break Properties dialog box.
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