Table anchors and extra spaces in sideheads ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
> Hi, Stuart
> 
> Stuart Rogers wrote:
>> Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
>>> When using Sideheads, I found that if the table widths are relatively
>>> small, table titles do not go into the sideheads.
>>>
>>> Somebody once sent me a solution, which I find myself unable to do
>>> again in a new document I am working on. This solution, as I recall,
>>> was to create a new paragraph format, which was over the Sidehead
>>> area, but had *negative* "before pgf" and "after pgf" settings to
>>> help eliminate the extra spaces to the previous body paragraphs.
>>>
>>> So, I redid a new format called, not surprisingly, "Table Anchor",
>>> where I place the table. The font for this is set to 2 pts too.
>>>
>>> I can get the table to go into the sidehead doing the above, BUT
>>> the extra space does not go away (although it is less than before
>>> due to the font size) - remains the same as if I had left the
>>> space setting at 0!
>>>
>>> Any hints as to how to fix this extra space problem?
> 
>> I'm a little confused by your references to sideheads, and I'm not 
>> sure whether you want your table title in the sidehead or not...
> 
> Yes, the title goes into the sidehead, but the actual table left
> edge is at the left edge of the body column.
> 
> WithOUT the anchor in the sidehead, if the total table width is
> too small, the title ended up in the body and the table edge ended
> up inside the body.
> 
> But, with the anchor in the sidehead, this seems to work correctly!
> It is just the extra space problem I am left dealing with.
> 
>> But in any case, the little trick involving negative spacing is this: 
>> In your dedicated and otherwise empty anchoring pgf, set the font to 
>> any convenient size (does not have to be 2pt, which can make the pgf 
>> hard to select) and set the Space Below to a negative number *with an 
>> absolute value greater than the font size*. In the table designer, set 
>> the Space Above to the same negative value.
>>
>> E.g., TableAnchor pgf tag: font 10pt, Space Below -12pt
>> Table tag: Space Above -12pt
> 
> Hmmm ... this is just about what I did, I think. My TableAnchor pgf
> font is set to 2pt, pgf space below and pgf above is set to -14 pt,
> and it still has more space than when the space above and below is
> set to +12pt, and the anchor is on the previous para (rather than
> in a special TableAnchor paragraph).
> 
> Am I overlooking something?

Ah! I figured out my mistake in this first response!!! I had forgotten
to set the TABLE space above ... not the PGF table space item.

Thanks very much!!!

>> You may also find it useful to set a unique colour for the TableAnchor 
>> pgf tag, so that the pilcrow is easy to identify when text symbols are 
>> visible.
> 
> Ah! I do keep my text symbols on, as I find it useful. This color
> suggestion will make it easier. Thanks!