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Default |
Down | ||||||||
Required/Optional |
Required |
If a nested repeating frame has a Print Direction of Across and its enclosing repeating frame has a Print Direction of Down, the across repeating frame can cause overflow when it is too wide for the current page. The next instance of the outer, down repeating frame will not print until the previous instances of the across repeating frame completes. Note: If you wanted A3 on page 1 to be aligned with the overflow of A3 on page 2, you could use Column Mode.
In the diagram below, notice that there are too many instances of B in A3 to fit on the first logical page. As a result, A3 overflows onto the second logical page and A4 can begin only after A3 completes.
Matrix dimension repeating frames whose source groups are in the same "family" hierarchy (that is, are descendants or ancestors of each other) within a cross-product group must have the same Print Direction. Parent-child relationships within a cross-product group are used to create nesting in the matrix. As a result, the repeating frames associated with such groups must print in the same direction on the page.
Suppose that you have a repeating frame with Print Direction of Across/Down. Instances of the repeating frame print from left to right and then top to bottom.
If, however, there was an object (for example, a graphic) on a page that prevented two instances of the repeating frame going across the page, the repeating frame instances would only print down the page. Where there is room to print more than one instance across the page, the repeating frame instances begin printing across and then down.
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