Multi-page tables are a regular part of my life. My FrameMaker documents are lengthy, and so are my tables. When a user opens up to the middle of a table, how are they supposed to know that they are not at the beginning? With a Table Continuation variable, that's how!
Want to give it a try?
- Navigate to the first page of a multi-page table
- Place your cursor in your table title and press the [End] key to move to the end of the line
- Choose Special > Variable
- Scroll down and click on Table Continuation
- Click the Insert button
If you have text symbols showing, you can see a little square "u" at the end of the line. Without visible text symbols, you don't even see that. But where's the actual continuation? Don't despair, just go to the next page in your layout. There it is: "Continued."
If you don't care for the wording, or want to change the language, just head back to the beginning of the table and double-click the little "u." Click Edit Definition and go to town! (Don't forget that you can apply an existing Character Tag too, if you are willing to scroll down to the bottom of the Building Blocks List in the Edit System Variable dialog box.)
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About the author: Barbara Binder is the president and founder of Rocky Mountain Training. Barbara has been a trainer for nearly two decades and has been recognized by Adobe as one of the top trainers in the world.