Re: tables and merging cells

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

This reference has examples of cell spanning that work in the XSL
stylesheets.  Is he using XSL or DSSSL?

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CellSpans.html

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Emma Jane Hogbin" <emmajane@xtrinsic.com>
To: "DocBook" <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:59 AM
Subject: tables and merging cells


> Hello,
>
> A friend of mine was telling me about a problem he's having with DocBook
> tables. He's been unable to successfully merge cells in his documents. I
> agreed to help him track down the problem. I scanned through the
> docbook.org site but I haven't been able to figure out this problem.
>
> http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/entry.html
> MoreRows would "merge" down, I think?
>
> Under the Process Expectations I see that it must be possible to merge
> cells:
> The content of Entry is formatted to fit within the table cell that it
> occupies. Horizontal and vertical spanning may allow the content of an
> Entry to occupy several physical cells.
>
> ...but I don't understand how. Is there a tutorial that someone could
> point me towards?
>
> thanks!
> emma
>
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> Emma Jane Hogbin
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>
>