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Table In Text Box - Too Much Space At Bottom
DocumentID: 636760
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:04:22 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer is entering a table into a text box and is making the table as tall as it can be without obtaining the "Too Much Text" error. The text box is also as tall as it can get on the page. The box is allowing approximately 3/4" of space between the bottom of the table and the bottom of the text box. Where is this space coming from and how can you get rid of it? Solutions: This is working as designed. This document has a page numbering code at the bottom center. However, the problem can be duplicated without using the page numbering code. Reasons why this is occurring with and without page numbers in the document are listed below:

Results and reasons as follows:
1.      No page number code at the bottom of the document -
      In the Text box, there is space left over after the Table Off code. The Table Off code in the graphics box is the same as a hard return [HRt] or a line ending code. This type of code causes an extra line to appear. The customer could add text on the last line following the Table Off code. Even after you type in a line of text after the Table Off code, when you view the text box there is still some space left over, however, this space is slightly less than .194", which is how much WordPerfect needs to write in a line of text using a CG Times 12pt font. If WordPerfect tried to put it in, the result would be the overprinting of text.
2.      Page number at the bottom of the document -
      Since there is a page number code in the document, there will be less space on the page. This is because the page number always prints at the bottom margin and there is always white space between text and page numbers. The user manually sets the size of the text box to larger than what will fit within the margins. You cannot type text in the text box past the margins. This is the reason why there is extra space at the bottom of the table inside the text box.

To see an example of this, create the following document.
1.      With default T/B margins of 1", create a footer with 4" of text.
2.      Create a Text box. Set Anchor Type to Page.
3.      Set Vertical Position to 1".
4.      Set Horizontal Position to Margin, Right.
5.      Set Size to 3" width, 9" height.
6.      Leave the Wrap Text Around Box option, set to Yes.
7.      Press 9 to Edit the text box, and begin typing "test" down the screen. Notice you will get a soft page break at about 4". You can only type in text until the soft page break or else you will get an error, "Too Much Text" when attempting to exit the text box.
8.      Exit back to the document screen and view the document. Notice the text box extends past the margins, however no more text can be inserted in the table.
Conclusion:
WordPerfect will allow you to insert a page graphic past the margins. However, typing past the margins is not allowed.

Workaround:
To fill the page, top to bottom, with a text box, set the Anchor Type to Page, Vertical Position to Top, Horizontal Positon to whatever the customer wants, and for Size, select 1, Set Width/Auto height. This way you can guard against creating a box larger than your margins.

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