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glad to see all of you back from vacation (the list was rather
quiet yesterday...).
I have a question concerning the presentation of information
in a table with FrameMaker (I believe it can't be done the way
I'm thinking, lets hope I am wrong).
Imagine a normal table, with components on the y axis and
products on the x axis. For each product, some components are
available and installed, for others, not. I now want to add a
new variable which we could describe as two versions of the same
product (lets say standard and professional). I am restricted on
the width of the table, but not the height. What I wanted to do is
split each cell across with a diagonal. Top half cell would
be for the standard version, bottom, for the professional.
How do I do this? Is it possible? If not, what other way could I
display all this information? More than one table is not an option
for now...
TIA
Melissa Kucbel-Saumier
Technical Publications - Eicon Technology
