I have table numbering in table captions, for example:
Table 4-1: This is My Table
However, when the numbering gets a bit long, there is no space between the colon (:) and the text, for example:
Table 10-15:This is Another Table
How do I increase the spacing between colon and text?
This is my style code:
CT:{b}Table {chapnum}-{n+}: {/b}
Increase Distance Between Table Caption Number and Text
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- Sr. Propeller Head
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Re: Increase Distance Between Table Caption Number and Text
That one's pretty tricky, unfortunately. The autonumbers have a fixed width - they're kind of just objects that Flare is inserting beside your text much like custom list bullets. The best thing to do is to give them a width and position that is unlikely to cause overlap and just accept that it is fixed.
For example, my autonumbering looks like this:
h1.numberedheading
{
padding-left: 15mm;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n+}. ';
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
mc-auto-number-offset: 15mm;
}
(The padding on the h1 stops the paragraph itself from clipping back into the autonumber, I believe.)
For example, my autonumbering looks like this:
h1.numberedheading
{
padding-left: 15mm;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n+}. ';
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
mc-auto-number-offset: 15mm;
}
(The padding on the h1 stops the paragraph itself from clipping back into the autonumber, I believe.)
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Re: Increase Distance Between Table Caption Number and Text
I worked it out! Very easy:
Select the style in Flare, right-click and choose Properties.
Then under the Paragraph tab, increase the length in the Left field in the Indentation group
IGNORE above! it didn't work!
Flare claims that all that needs to be done is add spaces after colon in the mc-autonumber-format:
CT:{b}Table {chapnum}-{n+}: {/b}
but doesn't work!
Select the style in Flare, right-click and choose Properties.
Then under the Paragraph tab, increase the length in the Left field in the Indentation group
IGNORE above! it didn't work!
Flare claims that all that needs to be done is add spaces after colon in the mc-autonumber-format:
CT:{b}Table {chapnum}-{n+}: {/b}
but doesn't work!
Re: Increase Distance Between Table Caption Number and Text
So should I use the padding-left to increase space between number and actual text?
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- Senior Propellus Maximus
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Re: Increase Distance Between Table Caption Number and Text
I suggest you try adjusting it like this, to make it really obvious, and then have a play with the number you put instead of the red bits:
h1.numberedheading
{
padding-left: 100mm;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n+}. ';
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
mc-auto-number-offset: 100mm;
}
h1.numberedheading
{
padding-left: 100mm;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n+}. ';
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
mc-auto-number-offset: 100mm;
}
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