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2.4.2 Recommendations for table customisations
The default table formats provided by the template are left-aligned, full-column-width tables where all columns have equal widths. Such tables with one heading row and 2 - 8 columns can be created with the
Table:Insert Table...
command. Horizontal ruling is provided between the heading and first body row, and above and below the table itself. No vertical ruling is predefined and this is the TDR standard.
First of all,
never use
the Table Designer and/or Paragraph Designer for fine-tuning tables. All definitions provided by these will be overwritten with those from a newer template during the update-from-template procedure. You should never even have the Table- and Paragraph Designer windows on the screen.
The proper methods for doing the following table customisations are:
Click in table, then select Table:Add Rows or Columns...
Select the entire row or column and then select Edit:Cut.
Adjusting the width of table columns
As you fill in the contents of a table, you will normally find the need to re-size certain columns (drag vertically over 2 or more cells, and then use the handles that appear to resize the whole column). When you have finished entering information, contro
All tables are left-aligned. These properties are defined in the Table Designer, which you should not use. To make the contents look centred but still have the full-width line separators, the recommended trick is to add blank columns in strategic places,
This is achieved by assigning the proper Paragraph Formats from the Paragraph Catalog. The choices are:
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Table Cell Body
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Table Cell Body A.(1.2 cm)
{aligns on the first occurring decimal point, which is then positioned at an 1.2cm indentation from the left}
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Table Cell Body Centred
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Table Cell Body Right
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Table Cell Heading
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Table Cell Heading Centred
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Table Cell Heading Right
Ruling, Shading, and Straddling
To make the TDR look uniform, custom ruling or shading should be avoided as much as possible. Only in special cases is extra ruling or shading sometimes desirable, for example in tables where certain cells span ("straddle") more than one row or column (Se
5 March 1998 - Mario Ruggier Copyright © CERN 1998
