Adobe 27510753 - InDesign CS2 - PC Switching Manual page 53

Creating tables from scratch
When the text insertion point is flashing, you can choose the Insert Table command (Table menu)
to create a new, empty table within the text frame. When you use the Insert Table command, the
new table fills the width of the container text frame. A table is inserted on the same line when
the insertion point is at the beginning of the line, or a table is inserted on the next line when the
insertion point is in the middle of a line. The default height of a row is equivalent to the slug of
the current text attributes at the insertion point. (In this context, a slug is the approximate height
of the highlighting in selected text.)
When you choose Insert Table (Table menu), you can specify the number of body rows, columns, and header
and footer rows.
Flowing tables across frames and pages
Because a table is essentially a range of text within a text frame, you can flow tables through mul-
tiple columns, frames, and pages the same as you flow text. Even better, you can assign headers
and footers to tables that span multiple frames and tables. InDesign CS2 then automatically adds
headers and footers to the top and bottom, respectively, of each column and frame when a table
flows through multiple columns or frames.
If you create a table that is taller than the frame in which it resides, the frame is overset. If you
then thread the frame to another frame—either on the same page or a different page—the table
continues in that frame. Rows move into threaded frames one at a time—you can't break a single
row across multiple frames. Specify header or footer rows to repeat information in the new frame.
You can specify Keep options to determine how many rows should remain together or to specify
where a row can break, such as at the top of a column or frame.
Adding headers and footers to tables
InDesign CS2 lets you create long tables that span more than one column, frame, or page. The
program also provides the option to automatically add header or footer rows that repeat the
information at the top or bottom of each divided portion of a multicolumn or multiframe table.
When you use the Insert Table command (Table menu) to create a new table, the New Table
dialog box lets you specify the number of header and footer rows (these are the rows that repeat as
needed at the top and bottom of new columns and frames). If you're working on an existing table,
you can use the Table Options dialog box (Table > Table Options > Headers And Footers) to add
header and footer rows.

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