Floating figures and tables are useful for automating page breaks, but I too have encountered people who insist that the figure must always immediately follow the reference. Can anyone help me understand where this rule originated? In Framemaker, setting them up requires a bit more effort. To save time, I would usually create a new figure exhibit by copying and pasting an existing one, replacing the image, and manually resizing the figure frame. On Fri 11/07/08 5:44 PM , "Mike Bradley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: If I'm writing a typical user manual, my preferred solution for pagination overrides is to float tables and figures. Floating rarely produces pagination problems--that's the main purpose of floating, as far as I can tell. I give tables and figures numbered titles and I'm careful to cite each one in the text, whether by Xref alone or with an explanation of their contents, so that the reader can find it (floating is an option for tables but not frames, so I put all graphics in tables). Some clients are uncomfortable with floating. They insist that the table or figure must appear directly before or after the text to which they refer, but I've never had a user complain about it. Floating moves the table only a page away. = Mike Bradley www.techpubs.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2]. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com [3]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [4] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jowens%40magma.ca Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [5]. Visit
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