Adjusting Tables within a Text Frame

Tables are always contained within text frames. You can control how much space there is between the table and the text that precedes or follows it .

Add some space around a table to keep it from colliding with text.

To set the spacing around a table:

1.	With the table selected, choose Table > Table Options > Table Setup. The Table Options dialog box appears.
2.	Use the Table Spacing control for Space Before to set the amount of space between text and the top of the table . The Table Spacing controls let you set the amount of space before and after a table.
3.	Use the Table Spacing control for Space After to set the amount of space between the bottom of the table and the text that follows it. Tip A table is inserted into a text frame as an inline object in its own paragraph. This means that any space before or after the paragraph that holds the table is added to the space set by the Table Spacing controls.

If a table extends longer than a text frame, you get a text frame overflow. You can easily flow the rest of the table from frame to frame across pages.

To flow tables between frames:

1.	Use the Selection tool to load the overflow cursor.
2.	Click the overflow cursor inside the new frame to flow the rest of the table into the frame . The text threads show how tables can flow from one frame to another.