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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