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<font size="+2">Offline exchanges with other subscribers to this
list prompted me to do an experiment, and it was a success, so
I'll share it.<br>
<br>
If you prefer to have your tables in dedicated paragraphs, you run
into the problem of unwanted space above the table caused by the
otherwise empty paragraph. Some people minimize the extra space by
creating a tag with 2-pt font and no space above or below, but
that makes the paragraph hard to see, and does still add the extra
2 points. With text insets, you end up with a similar problem of
unwanted space below the inset, due to the tag of the containing
paragraph.<br>
<br>
I have long used a trick to place a table in its own paragraph so
that the top of the table aligns with the top of the container
paragraph </font><font size="+2"><font size="+2">–</font> zero
extra space above the table, in other words. I've learned that the
same trick can be applied to text insets.<br>
<br>
For tables, create a pgf tag, e.g., TableAnchor:<br>
Font Size: 12 pt<br>
Color: (something other than black, so it stands out)<br>
Spacing Below Pgf: –12.0 pt (negative 12 points)<br>
<br>
and change all your</font><font size="+2"> Table tags to have
Spacing Above: </font><font size="+2"><font size="+2">–12.0 pt<br>
<br>
</font>Insert a blank paragraph where you want the table to start
and tag it TableAnchor.<br>
Insert a table in that paragraph. <br>
The top of the table will be even with the top of the TableAnchor
paragraph.<br>
<br>
For insets (harder to maintain, depending on inset content),
create a pgf tag in the container document, e.g., InsetAnchor:<br>
</font><font size="+2"><font size="+2">Font Size: 12 pt<br>
Color: </font></font><font size="+2"><font size="+2"><font
size="+2">(something other than black)</font><br>
Spacing Above Pgf: –12.0 pt</font><br>
<br>
In the inset source document, create a variant tag based on the
last paragraph of the inset (e.g., BodyInsetLast as a variant of
Body):<br>
</font><font size="+2"><font size="+2">Spacing Below Pgf: –12.0 pt
(negative 12 points)<br>
Apply that tag to the last paragraph of the inset.<br>
<br>
In the container document, create a new empty paragraph where
you want the inset to go. <br>
Tag the paragraph InsetAnchor.<br>
</font></font><font size="+2"><font size="+2">In that paragraph,
type a non-breaking space (to overcome the bug that reformats
the paragraph on updating the inset).</font></font><font
size="+2"><font size="+2"><br>
Place your cursor just before the non-breaking space and import
the inset.<br>
<br>
For both these methods, if you want to move your cursor into the
containing paragraph after the table or inset is in place, use
the arrow keys -- the mouse pointer will only select the table
or inset, because that's the uppermost "layer."<br>
</font></font>
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Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3
Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
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