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Converting tables back to text
If you need to export the current data from a table — for example, to save the
data as a Word file — you can convert the information to text. To do so, select
the table and then choose Table > Convert Table > To Text.
Working with tables and groups
For 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.
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. 1