I also use a 2pt para with white text called "frame". I hang frames in it and put tables in it. Sometimes the text is used as well because one can cross ref to it.
- web At 8:12 AM -0400 6/28/06, John Sgammato wrote: >I use a skinny little paragraph style called figure, 2pts, no space above or >below, centered. I always put my table and figure anchors in a figure >paragraph. I like the control I get, especially since I like to keep para text >together and not have a whole paragraph pulled to another page just so the >table fits. >It is sometimes a pain in the neck selecting the invisible skinny little >figure para, but when you gets used to it, it becomes easier. I thought for >awhile of putting useful note text in the para in white, but then never had a >need for it. I work alone. YMMV. >john > >________________________________ > >From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at lists.frameusers.com on >behalf of Karen Mardahl >Sent: Wed 6/28/2006 8:03 AM >To: framers at frameusers.com >Subject: table anchors - best practices? > > > >Richard Combs had a comment in the thread "Question about the >hyperlink from the LOF to the figure": >"NOTE: There's a good case to be made for anchoring tables in their >own empty pgf, not at the end of the preceding text pgf, but I don't >want to complicate this any further. :-)" > >This made me curious! I searched the archives, and I found 2 relevant >threads, which provided more food for thought: >"small paragraphs for adding tables" from Sept. 1, 2005 >"RE: start a table at top of column?" from Sept 18, 2005 > >My take on this - and I am looking for support, comments, or >modifications - is that you should have a unique table anchor >paragraph tag for anchoring all tables. I believe this gives you best >overall control. Two reasons so far: > >1. A unique tag always gives good control over material. >2. Wise formatting of this tag gives consistent spacing. And because >the formatting is built into a tag, you do not have to resort to any >manual formatting, which you might need to do, if you just >attach/anchor the table to the preceding block of text or whatever. > >Right now, our policy is no separate paragraph tags for tables. I am >currently working on a monster manual with over 600 tables. There are >many situations where you have table after table with no text >inbetween. Based on this, I want to propose that we do have a unique >tag for anchoring tables. Richard's comment came at a perfect time, so >now I am asking what the rest of you think - or whether Richard wants >to reveal his reasons? I'd like to hear what people have to say. >Thanks! > >regards, Karen Mardahl > >PS Just FYI: Unstructured Frame 7.1p116 WinXP >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as jsgammato at imprivata.com. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit >http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jsgammato%40imprivata.com > >Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as web at nbnet.nb.ca. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/web%40nbnet.nb.ca > >Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.