Table footnotes in columns

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3 total messages Started by Esmond_Pitt Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:30

#267

Author: Esmond_Pitt
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:30

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Apologies if this has been asked before.

I have some wide tables which are displayed in landscape, in rotated pages whose text frames have been rotated back so the table is editable. There are also some table footnotes, so they extend right across the width of the table, which is really the height of the page.

I'd like to get them into two or three columns but I can't figure out how. I've tried defining multiple columns on the rotated frames and having the tables straddle the columns but this causes the footnotes to also straddle the colums.

All assistance welcome. Frame 7 if it matters.

Re: Table footnotes in columns

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Author: joH
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:43

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Maybe there's a more elegant solution, but I've done something similar using a workaround. See if it works for you and has the intended effect.

Set the text frame on your landscape page to two or three columns, and place 'dummy' footnotes in the text frame outside the table. You might want to add a manual column break and color the footnote numbers white to hide them. Having prepared this, you can use cross-references to the footnotes instead of using real table footnotes.

You might even leave away the built-in footnote functionality and use only cross-references.

Regards,
JoH

Re: Table footnotes in columns

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Author: Esmond_Pitt
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:15

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Thanks, I was afraid it was something as ugly as that. I suppose it's all part of the footnotes story. I'd like to get my hands on that footnote frame some day.

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