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MIF Reference
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Usage
The basic properties, ruling properties, and shading properties correspond to settings in the Table Designer. The
tagstring value specified in any ruling substatement (such as TblColumnRuling) must match a ruling tag defined
in the
RulingCatalog statement (see page 79). The tagstring value specified in any color substatement (such as
TblBodyColor) must match a color tag defined in the ColorCatalog statement (see page 80).
Usage of some of the aspects of the TblFormat statement is described in the following sections.
Alignment of tables
The horizontal alignment of a table within a text column or text frame is specified by the TblAlignment statement:
• If the table is aligned with the left, center, or right side of a text column or text frame, the TblAlignment
statement is set to
Left, Center, or Right, respectively.
• If the table is aligned with the closer edge or farther edge of a text frame (closer or farther relative to the binding
of the book), the
TblAlignment statement is set to Inside or Outside, respectively.
Locked tables and text insets
The TblLocked statement does not correspond to any setting in the Table Designer. The statement is for text insets
that retain formatting information from the source document.
If the
<TblLocked Yes> statement appears in a specific table, that table is part of a text inset that retains formatting
information from the source document. The table is not affected by global formatting performed on the document.
If the
<TblLocked No> statement appears in a specific table, that table is not part of a text inset or is part of a text
inset that reads formatting information from the current document. The table is affected by global formatting
performed on the document.
For details about text insets, see “Text insets (text imported by reference)” on page 130.
Tbls statement
The Tbls statement lists the contents of each table in the document. A document can have only one Tbls statement,
which must appear at the top level in the order given in “MIF file layout” on page 52.
Syntax
Tbl statement
The Tbl statement contains the contents of a table instance. It must appear in a Tbls statement.
>
End of TblFormat statement
<Tbls
Beginning of tables list
<Tbl…>
Defines a table instance (see “Tbl statement,” next)
<Tbl…>
Additional statements as needed
…
>
End of Tbls statement