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As a life-long Star Wars fan, the last several years have been pretty good to me… while the cinematic offerings have been a bit of a mixed bag, the live-action television shows we have been receiving have been hotter than Mustafar in the summer. And sandwiched between the excellent Obi-Wan Kenobi series and the ongoing adventures of Mando and Ahsoka is a new series designed to provide exposition on the early days of the rebellion featuring Cassian Andor, one of the lead characters from Rogue One. With the first three episodes all dropping on the same day to introduce us to this new series, I went into this show with some VERY high expectations… I figured we would start out with Cassian boldly infiltrating an Imperial Starcruiser, maybe a few scenes with Saw Gerrera to provide some fan-service up front, a cameo from K-2SO, or if we are REALLY lucky a glimpse of a Hera Syndulla or Kanan Jarrus. I mean, in this early timeline there are SO many possibilities… and with three full episodes to watch, some dangerous espionage and exciting Imperial entanglements had to be in the mix, right? Ummm… no. Actually, none of that at all.

Instead, what we received was a deep and intimate look into the life of the lead character, providing unexpected exposition on his childhood and the relatively mundane activities of his day-to-day routine. Sure, there is a little action… but after watching Boba Fett ride a Rancor and Mando pick up the Darksaber in their respective series, the stakes on Andor are relatively small in comparison so far. As the credits rolled on the third episode, I still had SO many unanswered questions, and the series to this point has not answered ANY of them. As a matter of fact, they spent a great deal of time answering questions that I am not sure anyone was asking as we headed into this series. I went into this series expecting to see the beginning of the Rebel Alliance, and instead I received a front-row seat to a few challenging days in the life of Cassian Andor. But as I considered the first three episodes of this series and the difference between what I had expected and what I actually received, an uncomfortable truth about more than simply my unrealistic expectations about Andor came to the surface. I was approaching the Andor series in a very similar way that I have found myself praying, reading the Bible, and treating my relationship with the Lord. And I have a feeling many of us have grappled with this exact same struggle.

Throughout my life I have been told by well-meaning people that the answer to every question I have in life can be found in the Bible. And while that sounds fantastic, in practice this hasn’t quite happened the way I had hoped. When I have faced challenging crossroads in my life such as what career choice I should make, where I should move to, who I should marry, or in what manner I could serve the Lord the best, I scoured the scriptures for answers… answers that were not provided in the black-and-white manner I would have preferred. I never found a verse that said, “Thou shalt spend thine first three years of employment in service to McDonald’s”. I would pray and seek direct answers to my very specific problems, but the simple, binary responses I was looking for eluded me. And for years, I found myself treating the Lord the same way I was viewing this new Andor series… I wanted all the fun benefits of a deep experience without investing the time to truly get to know the lead character of the narrative.

Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord.

I have foolishly tried to use the Bible as the equivalent of a video game “strategy guide” in life… flip to the right page, find the solution to the puzzle I am currently working on, say a quick prayer of thanks, and get back into the action. But the Bible is not simply an answer key to the tests that we face in life… it is an INTRODUCTION to the hero of the story (John 5:39). We were never meant to simply pull out our favorite verses and wield them out of context as a “mantra” that we follow in life… they are an exploration of the very essence of the Almighty God, a deep exposition into His Divine nature, and a pathway into an intimate relationship with Him. He didn’t give us the Bible so we could merely find answers to our questions… He protected these sacred texts and ensured their survival over thousands of years so we would have a way to get to know Him. And if we want answers to those day-to-day questions that we face as well as the solutions to the larger, life-altering predicaments we encounter, the reality is that we were never intended to see prayer and Bible study as a means to an end. They are the means of getting to know and understand the very heart of our Creator… and as we seek a relationship with Him, we will find that the moment-by-moment guidance we are looking for will start to become crystal clear.

Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Selfishly, I wanted the new Andor series to provide “shock and awe” moments that filled in the gaps of time that exists prior to Rogue One… instead, I discovered a complicated backstory that will help me better understand the motivations behind one of the core participants. I wanted to enjoy “the Rebellion” without understanding “the Rebel”… I was trying to enjoy the depth of the experience with a shallow, surface-level commitment. Andor is NOTHING like I was expecting it to be… instead of a wide-angle lens exploring a universe at war, it has brought the camera WAY down to the grimy streets where the seeds of the Rebelion were first planted. And instead of being a distant spectator to the looming conflict that would encompass star systems, I am seeing the drama unfold at the ground-level and getting to know the actual participants who took down an empire. It is going to move a lot slower than I expected, and that is okay. Because when the conflict inevitably goes to those bigger places that it is destined to, those decisions and their ramifications will truly feel EARNED. And similarly, in our walk with the Lord we can’t expect to simply graze off of His “greatest hits” and forge a meaningful relationship with Him. Our time spent in prayer and reading His Word is meant to be an EXPLORATION of Him… a never-ending, ever-deepening character study of the unknowable Almighty God.

Acts 17:26-27 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Should we pray to Him for guidance on our dilemmas, large and small? Of course we should… He told us to (Philippians 4:6). Do we find the answers to many of our most pressing questions within His written Word? Absolutely… our daily direction and guidance can often be found in the wisdom of what He has recorded (Psalm 119:105). But reducing our relationship with Christ to nothing more than a genie’s lamp to be rubbed when we want our wishes granted misses the entire point of all of this… He did everything He has ever done with the intent to provide us with a way to seek Him, find Him, and truly get to know Him (Acts 17:27). As I am finding in the slow burn in the Andor series, we don’t really gain much understanding about our heroes during their daring feats of heroism surrounded by spectacular explosions… these are all fun and exciting, but when the smoke clears, we still didn’t really get to KNOW them. I will learn more about the early days of the Rebel Alliance by seeing it through the eyes of Cassian Andor than I would have ever gleaned from a bunch of exciting set pieces that provided style without substance. And to see the story the way that he saw it, I must live it through his lens… understanding him as a character, not just a means of providing exposition and answers to my questions. As Elijah found in His mountaintop experience, the voice of the Lord coming to provide direction wasn’t found in the excitement of the howling wind or the explosive earthquake that was happening around him. He was found in the still, small voice of a loving, caring Creator calling out to His child to show us that the answers we are looking for can only be found in the quiet place of truly getting to know Him (1 Kings 19:11-13).

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The business case for integrating women into the workforce is not as important as the human case for it. It is the collective moral and human responsibility of society to empower women. These views were shared by Aamir Ibrahim, CEO, Jazz while speaking at a webinar organized by UN Women on violence against women and the role of private sector companies.

Emphasizing the role of private sector organizations in providing opportunities to women, he said that the numbers in Pakistan need to be more encouraging when compared to other countries, and this is where the private sector can do more. By providing opportunities to women in leadership positions, more women will be encouraged and inspired to follow suit.

Discussing his aspirations for Jazz, Aamir mentioned that he is working with his team to ensure that the company becomes a role-model for instilling gender parity across each department. “In the last few years, Jazz has made gender parity a mainstream priority with a focus to create an open and equitable culture that provides greater female representation. Some of the initiatives include a hiring process that encourages women to apply, access to extended maternity leaves, and a zero-tolerance towards inappropriate conduct,” he stated.

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After the popularity of last month’s post, we caught up with Natalie Gardner a.k.a The Spoonie Mummy to chat a little more about how she copes with looking after three kids while living with arthritis.

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Get outdoors and stay active

Do things that you know will help you out too! A gentle walk in the park serves as a healthy dose of low impact exercise and while you’re out you could get the kids doing a nature treasure hunt.

Playdough is good for the hands as is water play - use cold or warm water depending on what works best for you.

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My youngest used to love being outside and I just bought him one of those waterproof suits so he’s out there as soon as it stops raining.

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I find fatigue one of the hardest symptoms to deal with, both with arthritis in general and while parenting. Looking after little ones is exhausting itself but add a chronic illness on top of that, it is pretty tough.

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My parents, friends and blog followers are great and they see the sorts of things I do with my boys. I am a qualified nursery nurse and worked with children aged 0 - 6 for 9 years before having my kids.

People who don't know anyone with arthritis, or associate the condition with the elderly, often have no real idea of how we live and what we do to manage as normally as we possibly can each day.

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The way to raise awareness and acceptance is in the hands of the next generation and I think it is great for children to be made aware of these conditions and what they mean for someone who has them.

My boys have grown up with me having both arthritis (which I was diagnosed with at 15 months of age) as well as Crohn's Disease and an ileostomy. They aren't freaked out by anything, they like being involved in discussions about choices I have to make for my health when appropriate. I feel they are so much more empathetic because of it.

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That doesn't mean people have to have a massive family or large group of friends either, but two or three people you know that you can really count on for play dates, school runs, emergency shop dash for teabags sort of thing!

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Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis made another historic step in Florida’s fight to protect water quality and conserve the state’s natural resources by signing Senate Bill (SB) 712, sponsored by Sen. Debbie Mayfield and Rep. Bobby Payne.

Titled the Clean Waterways Act, SB 712 passed the 2020 Florida Legislature with bipartisan support and carries a wide range of water quality protection provisions aimed at minimizing the impact of known sources of nutrient pollution, realigning the State’s resources to enhance the protection of Florida’s environment, and strengthening regulatory requirements.

“Our children and future generations serve as a stark reminder of what’s at stake when discussing the importance of creating a clean, healthy, and stable environmental foundation for their future,” said Governor DeSantis. “We have seen overwhelming support in our efforts to protect and conserve our waterways and natural resources, and while there is still plenty of work to be done, I look forward to building upon our recent successes.”

“Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, this legislation is a historic step forward for the state of Florida, which provides a cohesive and multifaceted approach to protecting Florida’s waters. My Department’s priority is to continue creating tools to promote collaboration among federal, state, and local partners when working towards our shared goal of protection and the preservation of natural resources in Florida,” said Noah Valenstein, Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). “SB 712 serves as an essential step in our mission, and I look forward to joining Governor DeSantis and our state’s top leaders in our continued efforts to protect Florida’s future.”

SB 712 was developed based on recommendations by DEP and a variety of environmental leaders including Blue-Green Algae Task Force. Governor DeSantis developed the task force as part of Executive Order 19-12, reforming Florida’s environmental and water policy in his first 48 hours as Governor.

Comprised of five nationally and internationally recognized scholars from institutions across the state, the task force has a broad range of expertise ranging from hydrology to chemical ecology of algae. Based on transparent discussions and deliberations, the task force developed recommendations, which ultimately provided the framework for the Clean Waterways Act. This legislation focuses on remedial action and improvements to regulations regarding septic and stormwater systems, wastewater infrastructure, as well as Agricultural Best Management Practices.

“We have an incredible opportunity, through our collective action, to demonstrate to other states in our country and other nations around the world that sound stewardship of natural resources and sustained economic prosperity go hand in hand,” said Chief Science Officer, Dr. Tom Frazer. “The passage of the Clean Waterways Act and its signing today by the Governor is a demonstrable pledge by the leaders of our state that clean water is a top priority. That bodes well for Florida’s future.”

“I’m so thankful for the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis and for signing Senate Bill 712,” said Senator Debbie Mayfield. “This comprehensive legislation addresses the most serious sources of pollution contributing to blue-green algae blooms in our waterways including septic tanks, waste water treatment facilities, stormwater runoff and agriculture.”

“I am extremely excited that Governor DeSantis has signed SB 712/HB 1343 – ‘The Clean Waterways Act.’ Senator Mayfield and I worked on this legislation extensively for years. Senator Mayfield attended the water forum I hosted in Palatka, along with fifteen other members of the Florida legislature, four state agencies, and the Secretary of DEP, Noah Valenstein,” said Representative Bobby Payne. “This legislation is the most comprehensive water policy in years and will put us on the right track to improve water quality throughout the state.”

“It is refreshing to see how Florida is benefitting from a Governor that keeps his campaign promises,” said Representative Blaise Ingoglia. “Protecting our state’s natural resources and water quality has been a priority for Governor DeSantis, and today, he signed a comprehensive, science-based wastewater policy into law that will benefit generations to come. Thank you, Governor DeSantis, Sen. Mayfield and Rep. Payne, for your commitment and leadership on this important issue.”

Some of SB 712’s primary components include:

  • Regulation of septic tanks as a source of nutrients and transfer of oversight from DOH to DEP.
  • Contingency plans for power outages to minimize discharges of untreated wastewater for all sewage disposal facilities.
  • Provision of financial records from all sanitary sewage disposal facilities so that DEP can ensure funds are being allocated to infrastructure upgrades, repairs, and maintenance that prevent systems from falling into states of disrepair.
  • Detailed documentation of fertilizer use by agricultural operations to ensure compliance with Best Management Practices and aid in evaluation of their effectiveness.
  • Updated stormwater rules and design criteria to improve the performance of stormwater systems statewide to specifically address nutrients.

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Ozone Sauna (New at Float Valley)

From providing life to our plants, animals, and to us humans; there is no doubt that oxygen plays a crucial role in our earth’s development. But what if we told you that there is a way that we can include oxygen into your health and wellness experience?

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What is Ozone Therapy?

When an additional molecule is added to oxygen, it results in the creation of ozone (O3). Ozone has many healing and beneficial properties; especially when combined with steam. The steam from the sauna increases circulation and opens your pores so that ozone is easily absorbed by the skin and into the bloodstream. The unification of steam and ozone in a sauna chamber aids in strengthening the body’s immune system, stimulates white blood cells, detoxes the body, and many more beneficial factors that can be obtained from ozone therapy.

How Does it Work?

Our Ozone Sauna produces O3 and disperses it from the neck down in the sauna chamber. The steam allows your pores to open and as the ozone enters your bloodstream, it activates your immune system. As it stimulates your immunity, it also purifies your blood and inactivates a variety of organisms living in your body, including, viruses, bacteria, parasites, yeast, fungi and protozoa. In this day and age, with pollution levels in our air being very high, it is essential to detoxify our bodies in order to stay healthy.

Additionally, this sauna is equipped with Far Infrared technology. As the steam gently fills the sauna, infrared photons penetrate the skin to help increase blood flow and circulation. This breaks painful inflammatory cycles by dilating small blood and lymphatic vessels. The result is increased circulation, leading to accelerated healing and pain relief.

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Ozone Therapy at Float Valley

We are so excited to be able to provide ozone sauna therapy at Float Valley. We are constantly making strides in ensuring that we are providing the best and highest quality services to our visitors.

To book a session with us, or to read more on how to better prepare for ozone therapy, please visit; https://floatvalley.com/ozone-sauna/

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Review: Kiss of the Night (Hunter Legends #5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Hello Avid Readers. I want to share my thoughts today about Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Book 5 in the highly addictive Hunter Legends paranormal romance world.

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Title: Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, #5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Series: Hunter Legends #5
Published by Piatkus Books on 31 October, 2005
Genres: Adult Paranormal Romance
No. of Pages: 368

Dark-Hunter: an immortal warrior who has traded his soul to Artemis for one moment of vengeance on his enemies. In return, they swear to spend eternity protecting mankind from the daimons and vampires that prey on them.

Dark-Hunter Wulf is an ancient Viking warrior with a useful but extremely aggravating power - amnesia. No one who meets him in person can remember him five minutes later. It makes it easy to have one-night stands, but hard to have a meaningful relationship, and without true love he can never regain his soul.

Then he meets Cassandra, the one woman who can remember him. However, as the princess of the cursed race Wulf is sworn to hunt, she is forbidden to him...

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Review Format: Print
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The Hunter Legends Series (previously named the Entire Dark Hunterverse) has several series that tie-in and overlap the whole series. Those are:

  • Dark-Hunters series
  • Dream-Hunters series
  • Were-Hunters series
  • Hellchasers series
  • Lords of Avalon series
  • Dragons Rising Trilogy series

This series encompasses the entire Hunter Series. For the correct reading order, please visit the author’s site.

Sherrilyn Kenyon was originally one of the attending authors of RARE19 in London and so I bought half a dozen of the paperbacks in her Dark Hunters series. Unfortunately, due to some terrible things happening in her private life, Sherrilyn had to cancel her visit.

However I’m enjoying this series too much to stop reading them! I hope to meet her one day, should she every come to another signing event in England.

I decided last year that mini reviews were the way forward for me.  Therefore I only write full detailed reviews for the books I receive from authors, publishers and PR organiser (ARCs).

So on with my mini review…

So, what did I think about Kiss of the Night?

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An Emotional Paranormal Romance Adventure That Ticked All My Boxes!

I’m really enjoying this series! I love Ms Kenyon’s writing style; the prose she uses, the pace of her plots, the twists & turns and how she concludes the romantic aspects of her tales while still leaving some tantalising threads that tempt you into buying the next book.

When reading paranormal romance, I need my main female character to be intelligent, resilient, resourceful, self-reliant and have plenty of gumption; Cassandra was a great example of this. She was an amazingly tenacious woman with a beautiful heart, loyal and had a great sense of humour. We briefly meet the Viking warrior Wulf, in one of the previous books and I liked him then. He’s a dark and deadly warrior but his loyalty and humanity ensured that he became the perfect partner for Cassandra.

Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon is an exciting, but emotional read that brought me to tears on more than one occasion. Expect to feel sorrow, fear, indignation, apprehension, joy and passion when reading this story!

Due to the explicit sexual content and graphic violence, I’d recommend this book to adults who are OK with that. Adults who enjoy romance stories about the complexities of relationships, trust, loyalty and betrayal. And those who crave adventure around insurmountable odds and soul saving love.

I’ve already got the next two books in this amazing series. I can’t wait to see where Ms Kenyon takes us next!

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my mini review.

Have you read Kiss of the Night? If not, I hope I’ve sparked your interest and that you add it to your every growing TBR piles. Or any of the Dark Hunter books! 😉

Bye for now,

Flora x

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  1. […] Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon […]

  2. Sometimes mini reviews are the perfect length. I’ve never read any of this author’s books, though I’ve seen her name around. Sounds like this has some amazing characters and emotion!

    1. Flora says:

      Sherrilyn’s writing style is right up my street, Kristen. Luckily, she’s written hundreds of books. 😉

  3. Sophie @BewareOfTheReader says:

    You reminded me why I loved her books so much years ago! And Flora I hope that next RARE in London we’ll meet!

    1. Flora says:

      That would be SO cool, Sophie!

  4. Wow that sounds such an exciting series! Wulf sounds like he’s an intriguing character that I’d love to delve into his world!

    Great review, flora! Made me more curious about this book

    1. Flora says:

      Thanks. I’m really loving it.

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A weekend in Advanceland!

Last weekend I headed out to Advance’s HQ in Thun for the XC Serial Team Meeting where all the team pilots got to meet each other and the guys at Advance, and most importantly, to pick up our new Sigma 9s.

Here she is…

After we’d done the formalities we headed out to Grindelwald and took the gondola up to “First” under strict instructions from Kari not to land out because the Waldspitz hut where we were to spend the night is at 1900m and the last gondola up is at 4.30pm. Anyway we needn’t have worried as there was plentiful lift and we spent the best part of 2 1/2 hours blatting up and down the ridge in some pretty active air getting to know the gliders. After an initial false start when I either failed to connect one side of my speedbar, or else it became disconnected, and I had to top land to sort it out, I felt at home on it straight away and was totally comfortable using half to full bar most of the time when I wasn’t either thermalling or close to the ground. It’s very precise and direct in the turns, and just left me with a big smile on my face when I landed at the mountain hut at 5pm.

That evening after a beer or two we did some team-building exercises then had a delicious cheese fondue supper, drank a bit more, then hit the sack in the bunk rooms at about 11pm… After all, we had some more flying to do on Sunday!

Cheese fondletastic 🙂

After breakfast Kari and Silas (the S9 designer) took us through the main new features of the S9 before we headed up the hill for a mass take-off at 10.15.

Kari and Silas talk about the S9 “sticks”

We all got ourselves ready and at the appointed time amazingly we all got off within about 30 seconds! It was a terrific sight, but you had to keep your wits about you with so many gliders all jostling for position!

We all then climbed out and headed along the ridge to the east to try and make the 35km flight back to Thun. I think three of us plus Kari managed it all the way back, but it was slow going with variable high cover shutting off any thermals from time to time, but it was a real sense of achievement and a worthy first XC on the new wing…

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This was a rather heart in mouth ten minutes as we traversed the mountain…!

I’ve knocked up a short video of the weekend – take a look at it below…

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The trip of the decade!

SALTWATER Venezuela: Los Roques

by: Don Carleton - May 1, 2013

Dear Daniel:

I want to drop you a line and a couple of picks of my recent trip with my buddy Sean Hogan to Los Roques. Never having been to Venezuela I began an online search which led me to your company. It was the best decision I could have made. This trip lived up to all my expectations and beyond. From the meet at Simon Bolivar Airport to the hotel in Caracas, from the plane ride to the lagoon and the posada you put us in, from the guide, Filipe to the great meals, this trip could not have been better.

We caught a lot of bones, some good sized and all fighters. We both hooked into big tarpons right off the beach and I boated my first big tarpon. We hunted for bones and permit and were successful with the first and tantalized by the second. Sean's comment was "I would like to come back and do nothing but stalk big permit". You may be hearing from us again.
The only hitch was the pick-up at the airport on the way home. It worked out well and we took the hotel shuttle when the driver missed us. A minor inconvenience.

Once again I do not feel that anything could have been better. It was the trip of the decade for both of us.

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Working with Rows and Columns

To select a column or columns, move the pointer to the top edge of the table, and your pointer becomes an arrow shape. Click to select the entire column. To select a row, move your pointer to the left edge of the table and click to select the row. Alternatively, you can click inside a table and choose Table > Select > Column or Row.

To specifically select Header, Body, or Footer rows, click inside the table and choose Table > Select > Header Rows, Body Rows, or Footer Rows.

Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns

You can insert rows and columns using the menu options, or, if you want to be flash, on the fly by dragging while holding down Option (Alt) as you drag a row or column border. In addition, you can also create a new row by pressing Tab when the insertion point is in the last cell of the table.

To delete all or selected parts of your table, choose Table > Delete > Row, Column, or Table.

To delete cell contents without deleting cells, select the cells containing the text you want to delete and press Backspace or Delete.

When adding columns, if you drag more than one and one-half times the width of the column being dragged, new columns with the same width as the original column are added.

Figure 12.22. Inserting Rows and Columns

Resizing Rows and Columns

To resize rows and columns, drag the row or column border to change the row height or column width. To keep the table at the same size, hold Shift while you drag. This affects only two rows (or two columns) at onceone row or column gets bigger while the other gets smaller. To resize all the rows and columns proportionally, hold Shift while dragging the bottom table edge or the right table edge respectively.

To resize the whole table, position the pointer over the lower right corner of the table so that the pointer becomes an arrow, and then drag to increase or decrease the table size. To maintain the table's height and width proportions, hold Shift. Note, this doesn't work if your table spans more than one frame.

Changing Row Height

Choosing At Least specifies a minimum row height that will grow as you add text or increase the point size of the text you already have. If you copy or Place a graphic into the table cell, the row height will grow to accommodate the graphic. But the column width will not. With an overset graphic you can either choose to Clip Contents to Cell to crop the graphic to the table cell width or adjust the column width to fit the graphic.

Choosing Exactly from the Control palette or Table palette sets a fixed row height. Fixed row heights don't grow when you add text, and a small red dot will appear in the lower right corner of the cell if it is overset. With an overset cell you have two options: Make the content smaller or the table cell bigger.

Distributing Rows or Columns Evenly

If you want your selected rows or columns to have a uniform height or width, choose Table > Distribute Rows Evenly or Distribute Columns Evenly.

Figure 12.23. Clip Contents to Cell.

Figure 12.24. Distribute Columns Evenly.

Part I: Character Formats

Getting Started

Going with the Flow

Character Reference

Getting the Lead Out

Kern, Baby, Kern

Sweating the Small Stuff: Special Characters, White Space, and Glyphs

OpenType: The New Frontier in Font Technology

Part II: Paragraph Formats

Aligning Your Type

Paragraph Indents and Spacing

First Impressions: Creating Great Opening Paragraphs

Dont Fear the Hyphen

Mastering Tabs and Tables

Part III: Styles

Stylin with Paragraph and Character Styles

Mo Style

Part IV: Page Layout

Setting Up Your Document

Everything in Its Right Place: Using Grids

Text Wraps: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Type Effects

InDesign Type. Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign CS2
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EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 186
Authors: Nigel French

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