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<?tbacross>
Description
This command allows a table to break across the columns within a frame.
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The command applies to slim table columns as well as frame columns. Note that this option will span all parent slim table columns in the same way as for frame columns; instructions should be included in a template to ensure that the command is issued within the first column of the slim table.
From version 10, when this command is specified within a table that is nested within a parent slim table of <?tbovflow=3>, or within a parent multi column block, this will span across the parent’s columns If the columns being spanned are also being balanced this will delineate the balance regions. If nested within a block that is being balanced, even if it’s not the direct parent, this will cause the existing content to be balanced first. This essentially causes a new row within the block that is being balanced.
Any content that follows a table that breaks across columns will have the column top margin applied instead of the normal top margin.
Syntax
<?tbacross num:o ncols:n?>
num
0
Do not permit table to break across columns
1
Permit table to break across columns
ncols
Amount of columns table is permitted to break across: if not set, PTC ALD will break the table over all columns in the frame