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Subject: XML Table Structure, color and text direction with DocBook and Oxygen
- From: daniel.keyes@finaris.de
- To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:29:26 +0200
Hello,,
we recently started transferring our
user manuals from Word do DocBook.
We realized on our first pages that
we had problems structuring our tables in the same manner as we did with
word.
As an example:
Purpose|Document
Purpose|Application
Purpose|Application
Purpose|App1|
App2
|Content|
Content
Purpose|App1|
App2
|Content|
Content
The purposes on the left side occupy
the entire left side of the table without any disruptions, whereas the
documents on the right side have a subdivision into additional purposes
or application. As an e.g., one application is used for testing, the other
one is used for reporting. But both are used for automatization. As a consequence
"Purpose|Application" turns
into "Purpose|App1|
App2"
|Content|
Content
Since most "purposes" consist
of at least two cells that have been merged, we cannot simply leave cells
empty. Additionally, there is not only one, but usually two ore more application
fulfilling a certain purpose. Also, and this it what makes it pretty hard
for us, "Purpose", "App", and Document have a grey
background and are written bold.
As you can see there is pretty much
to take care of:
- How can you structure a table similar
as in word, e.g. by merging and subdividing/ splitting cells?
- How can you define a cells background
color? Purpose and Document (at the top of the table) are the table headings
and thus have a different format than the rest of the table.
- Is it possible to change a cells/
tables text direction, so that a table? In some cases, the text direction
of a text within a tables has to be changed ( e.g. 90°)
Thanks for the help!
Yours sincerely,
Daniel Keyes
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