Karen Mardahl wrote: > I am starting to pick up on this negative number trick. For my table > anchor, I had settled on a font at 7pt (I like seeing that tag!), and > the para catalog defaulted to line space 8 pt. No space above or > below. My tables are set to 0 pt above. The white space between a text > block and a table is then just from the table anchor (plus a bit from > the regular body tag, I think.) I had thought it looked a wee bit too > tiny, so I will experiment some more, based on the numbers discussed > here. I am doing pioneer work here, so the nice people who kindly > responded here have now provided me with some sales arguments for > adding a table anchor to our catalogs. Thank you very much!!
The main advantage of the "negative number trick" is that if a table happens to flow to the top of a page, there will be no white space above it. Without the trick, you'll get white space between your top margin and your table -- not a good thing. s. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 "The smartest export Canada ever sent to the United States." Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5