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_Lars_Sanden_
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April 10, 2008
Question

Prevent table cells from jumping to the next page

  • April 10, 2008
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I would like to know how to prevent the table cells (rows) to jump to the next page when filling them up with text i.e. I want to have a long continuing text in a cell but I still want the tables to fill up the pages. I dont like to have a big space on the previous page just because the text in the next cell is very long.

Using FM 7.2 under Windows.

Pls help

Lars
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    Anonymous
    April 10, 2008
    Lars:

    The trick many use to work around this problem is to split tall rows into separate rows, then apply the "None" border between those rows.

    If the content falls within a page boundary, it appears as a single tall row. If some part of the content falls on a page boundary, the invisible inter-row borders allow the content to split across pages.

    It takes a few minutes to set up, but otherwise works pretty well...

    Cheers & hope this helps,
    Riley
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    _Kenneth_Benson_
    Participating Frequently
    April 10, 2008
    What you want is to allow table rows to split across pages, and Frame
    won't do this. Neither will any other desktop publishing program I know
    of. Word can do this.

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    Kenneth Benson
    Pegasus Type, Inc.
    www.pegtype.com
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    _thomas_bro_
    Known Participant
    April 10, 2008
    Unfortunately this is default FM behavuiour.

    A cell cannot split across columns/pages.

    You try to break down your text into minor chunks, and have each of these occupy several rows. With a bit of tweaking with spaces it can look OK, but ....

    keep smiling
    thomas
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