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> How would I create a landscape table in an existing portrait file?

The easiest way for me has been to make two separate (left and right), 
turned master pages to hold turned tables. If I had three pages of 
turned table and 30 pages of portrait text, I would prefer to keep this 
all in one frame file and just assign turned masters to the wide table 
pages. You can even automate the assignment of master pages using a 
master page mapping table, assuming your turned tables use some unique tags.

1. Special > Add Master Page, copy from Left, call it Left Turned
2. Format > Customize Layout > Rotate Page Clockwise
3. Select the text frame on the page (leave header and/or footer alone), 
Graphics > Object Properties.
4. Switch Width and Height numbers, and change angle from 90 back to 0.
5. Repeat for Right Turned master page.

Assign Left Turned to all left pages that will contain your turned 
tables. Assign Right Turned to all right pages that will contain your 
turned tables. Text (including tables) should flow through these the 
same way it flows through regular text pages. You may have to force a 
break so that text runs short and your table begins on the next (turned) 
page.

-- 
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com