Table won't roll to next page
Deirdre Reagan
deirdre.reagan at gmail.com
Tue Jan 13 09:06:31 PST 2009
Thanks, Art -- that is exactly what I'm in the process of doing now.
I'm under a deadline, and I don't know what the problem is, and I'm
getting a bit flustered, so I just am hacking away at cut and paste.
Thanks,
Deirdre
On 1/13/09, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Deirdre,
>
> Do you have a working chapter or a template without flow problems?
>
> If so, it may be easier to:
>
> Save the working chapter as a new file.
> Clean all the content out of the working chapter. Crl-a to select all, then
> Ctrl-x to cut.
> Copy in the content from your problem file.
>
> Put your cursor in the first flow, Ctrl-a then Ctrl-x.
> Swap to the new file, and paste. Ctrl-v.
> Back in the original, go to the next chunk of content and repeat, pasting
> that into the correct position.
> Continue until your original source file is empty.
> In the new file, import variables from your source file and tags and stuff
> if you need them. DON'T import the page layouts.
> DON'T save the now-empty original, so you have a backup copy, just in case.
> This is likely to be easier than trying to fix something if you're not sure
> what's broken or how to repair it.
>
> Art
>
> Art Campbell
> art.campbell at gmail.com
> "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a
> redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> No disclaimers apply.
> DoD 358
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Deirdre Reagan <deirdre.reagan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > OK!
> >
> > Now I think I have a related problem.
> >
> > I have three pages of figures, followed by a table, followed by three
> > figures, followed by a table.
> >
> > The first table scrolls for two pages, jumps the three figures, and
> > continues scrolling as part of the second table.
> >
> > Yikes!
> >
> > I've disconnected all the pages and am reconnecting them, one by one,
> > but when I connect the first table to the figure, it automatically
> > connects to the second table.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > I'm really new at this stuff and I really appreciate your help!
> >
> > Deirdre
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/12/09, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'd make a guess that you have another text frame on that page,
> > > probably one that's not auto-connected to anything.
> > >
> > > Try poking around with the pointer tool, or maybe do a Select All on
> > > the page. Either one would let you select or unselect objects, or move
> > > them around so you can see if anything is there but hidden.
> > >
> > > Art
> > >
> > > Art Campbell
> > > art.campbell at gmail.com
> > > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
> > > Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> > > No disclaimers
> apply.
> > > DoD 358
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Deirdre Reagan
> > > <deirdre.reagan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Thanks everyone for your help. I copied the table to a new blank
> > > > document and the table rolled over just fine, so it appears that my
> > > > problem is with the master pages.
> > > >
> > > > My document starts on page 10004. I have three pages of figures, then
> > > > three pages of table, then three pages of figures and two more pages
> > > > of table. It's the last page of the last table that is causing me
> > > > grief.
> > > >
> > > > The table in the middle of the document is working just fine. The
> > > > table at the end of the document won't roll to a new page, so 10 or so
> > > > rows are disappearing.
> > > >
> > > > I've doubled checked the master page usage. For the first table, the
> > > > page are Custom Right, Custom Left, Custom Right. For the second
> > > > table, the pages are Custom Right, Custom Left. So as far as the
> > > > table will go, it is using the same master pages as the previous
> > > > table.
> > > >
> > > > When I try to change the pagination from Make Page Count Even to Make
> > > > Page Count Odd, I get this message:
> > > >
> > > > The new column layout in DOCNAME.fm seems to overlap other objects on
> > > > some body pages.
> > > >
> > > > Are you sure you want to do this?
> > > >
> > > > Number of pages affected: 5. First page: 10008.
> > > >
> > > > (***end of message***)
> > > >
> > > > Page 10008 is the first page of the first table.
> > > >
> > > > Any idea what that might mean?
> > > >
> > > > Deirdre
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 1/12/09, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Deirdre Reagan asked:
> > > >>
> > > >> > I'm having a problem with the table on the last page of my file. I
> > > >> > add 10 more rows, and the rows disapper on the page -- they don't
> > > >> > force a new page. I've seen this before and I seem to remember it's
> a
> > > >> > simple fix, but for the life of me I can't remember what to do!
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I've gone into pagination and changed the setting from "Make Page
> > > >> > Count Even" to "Make Page Count Odd," but that hasn't done
> anything.
> > > >>
> > > >> I can think of three possible causes of this kind of behavior right
> off
> > > >> the top of my head:
> > > >> 1) One or more columns straddled across rows.
> > > >> 2) Keep With Next Row and/or Keep With Previous Row set
> > > >> in Table>Row Format
> > > >> 3) A very large value set for Orphan Rows in the Table Designer.
> > > >>
> > > >> Does the existing last page use the default master page? Or does it
> > > >> use some special master page? There are probably some circumstances
> > > >> where that might also play a role.
> > > >>
> > > >> -FR
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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