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December 17, 2015
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Using Framemaker 7.2. Creating a table at the top of the first page

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When I try to create a table with four lines and two columns, it appears on the top of page 2 rather than page 1 where I want it. I cannot find a means to anchor it at the top of the first page. What am I doing wrong?

Dennis....

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Correct answer Stefan Gentz

By the way, in FrameMaker 2015, there is also a table format "catalog" like you know it from the paragraph and character style catalog. This makes it very easy to assign table designs to tables (see here).

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December 17, 2015

By the way, in FrameMaker 2015, there is also a table format "catalog" like you know it from the paragraph and character style catalog. This makes it very easy to assign table designs to tables (see here).

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December 17, 2015

Hi Dennis,

You can specify in the table designer, where the tables starts. Click into the table and open the table designer. In the "Basic" section, you find the "Start" drop-down. Select "Anywhere" instead of "Top of Page". You might also need to adjust the "Orphan Rows" setting. If it is too high, long tables will not break over pages properly.

Please also make sure, that the paragraph containing the table anchor is not set to "Top of Page" (Paragraph Designer > Pagination > Start > Anywhere vs. Top of Page).

You can find comprehensive information about formatting tables here: FrameMaker tables, especially here: Table position and spacing.

*Stefan.

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Anonymous
December 17, 2015

Hi Stefan...

Thank you for your assistance with this. While "Anywhere" is a rather ambiguous term, it's surprising to me that it seems to ALMOST do what I needed. Why "anywhere" gives the results it does seems odd to me. However, there is a gap above the table; it does not start at the top of the column as desired. Why is this?

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Anonymous
December 17, 2015

Awesome. I like when problems get solved :-)

Maybe one last tip: You could set up the Anchor Style in a way, that wen you hit Return, the next paragraph gets automatically formatted with a different style. Like this:


Yes, I made certain that the TableAnchor tag is set to use Body as the tag for the next paragraph.

Thank you very much. Now the last question: Is it possible to create one-page chapters?

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