/t5/indesign-discussions/possible-for-the-last-instance-of-a-table-footer-to-be-different-from-the-preceeding-ones/td-p/5862289Mar 03, 2014
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At present the InDesign (CS5) docs we work with here have a table that runs over several pages. The table footer contains our company name, and where a table continues on a subsequent page, the text 'continued on next page' is dropped on top of the footer (not inline) manually. On the last page, the footer is left alone with the company name as a sort of full stop. Is there a way of inserting the 'continued on next page' text in the footer itself, except on the last page?
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Hi,
You mean keeping company name in footer as well?
I suggest to include 'continued on next page' with a footer, format both texts, and place a white rectangle over part of footer on the last page.
This rectangle could be anchored right after a table (AnchorPosition.ANCHORED) with relation to baseline, so playing with these options and rectangle size could be a solution...
I use a variation: The anchored block has the same height that the "footer" line and I use a spacing 0 pt [the table has no space after and the paragraph below no space before].
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Easiest solution: use "Skip Last Footer Row" in the table setup.
1. Copy your entire footer row(s) under the current one(s), so they appear twice.
2. The top set of these copies is going to be the actual end-of-table text. Adjust text if necessary.
3. The bottom set is going to be the bottom-of-page set. Adjust text if necessary.
4. Set only the bottom set to be "Footer Rows".
5. Enable "Skip Last Row" in the Headers and Footers dialog of Table Setup.
Watch out if your table bottom lines are different from regular rows; check if they still appear correctly at the end of a page and at the end of the table.
Thanks for the responses chaps. Unfortunately for me these tables are being used by people who may have very little indesign experience, so I was hoping there might be a way to work it into the footer style itself. I think they would view all these options as more complex than just dragging and dropping the alt text on top where appropriate. it's not that important, it just feels incomplete without having absolutely everything work off a saved style out the box, so to speak.
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