H'yall, On 26/05/2012, at 5:14 AM, Stuart Rogers wrote:
> > I would suggest a refinement. The objective is to have footnote numbers in > the body text just before the table, which are visible when editing but do > not take up any space and are invisible when printing. These footnote numbers > have footnote text at the bottom of the page, and all the numbering of > footnotes is automatically sequential. > > The numbers are "faked" to appear as though they originate in table cells by > cross-referencing to the Footnote paragraphs, in the way that Alan describes > above. (I'm not sure what advantage there is to inserting unique markers, > Alan? You can just x-ref to the Footnote pgf type and select the appropriate > pgf.) Yeah, that's a better way. Removes a step. However, still need to update numbering manually. > > To prepare for visible/invisible toggling, View > Color > Definitions and > create a new colour (e.g., TableFN). Then View > Color > Views and in View > 2, move TableFN to the Invisible column. Simply toggle from one view to the > other when you alternate between editing and printing. > Still learning FM10-ways :) > To use that visibility toggling and take up no space, create a tag for > dedicated paragraphs that will contain only the table anchor and the footnote > reference numbers intended to (re-)appear in the table. This tag should be > set to Space Below of a negative value equal to the font size, and font > colour TableFN (or whatever you called it). (For usability by the next > writer, you might give this tag an Autonumber string of "Placeholder for > table footnotes" or other short explanation.) > > In Table Designer, set the Space Above to the same negative number you used > in Space Below in the anchoring pgf. The combination of negative Space > Above/Below will cause the table to overlap the anchoring pgf completely. > > When editing a table with footnotes, temporarily make the anchoring pgf > accessible by changing the table's Space Above to zero. In the anchoring pgf, > insert as many Special > Footnotes as required by the table, typing the > footnote text as usual. Then, in the table cells, insert cross-references to > those Footnote pgfs. When you're done, change the table's Space Above back > to the negative number and toggle to colour view 2. I thought about doing it that way, but didn't have time to test it, for example, if there are pagination issues. Glad to see that it would work. Cheers Alan -- AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland http://www.alphabyte.co.nz http://www.alphabyte.co.nz/beatrice
