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Subject:Re: Robohelp 4: Borders in tables? From:Geoff Lane <geoff -at- GJCTECH -dot- FORCE9 -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 3 Oct 1997 14:44:09 +0100
I understand that WinHelp can't create table rules -- because I have the
same problem with Doc-2-Help. Doesn't HDK use its own format (and not
WinHelp) for its output?
A very, very, very crude work-around is to create your table as a graphic.
HTH,
Geoff Lane
geoff -at- gjctech -dot- force9 -dot- co -dot- uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Damien Braniff <Damien_Braniff -at- PAC -dot- CO -dot- UK>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: 03 October 1997 13:53
Subject: Re: Robohelp 4: Borders in tables?
>I fear that it may be Robohelp. I currently use HDK and it quite happily
>compiles tables with borders.
>
>Damien Braniff
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>
>> From: John Trollope <John_Trollope -at- WATSONWYATT -dot- COM>
>>
>> I did a lot of searching through the archives and Blue Sky's web site,
>but
>> I haven't found an answer on how to put borders in tables. When I try to
>> compile, I get the error "table formatting too complex".
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> This works for rows, but not for columns.
>
>As far as I know, this just isn't possible. It's not RoboHELP's fault, but
>WinHelp's (or the compiler's).
>
>The best you can do is put horizontal border under each heading, simply by
>bordering the paragraph.
>
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