When choosing an element to edit, you can select one from the editor or select one from the Outline view. To display the Outline view in the Rational® Publishing Engine Document Studio, click .
After selecting an element, you can modify its properties in the Properties view. To display the Properties view, click .
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To modify column width for a cell |
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To modify column alignment for a cell |
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To modify column size for a table |
In Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2 and earlier, when you customize the details for a table and enter autofit to window as the table auto fit value, the column sizes are dependent on the values entered for each cell width. If a cell width is not specified, that cell is allotted the most space. The content contained within the cell is not taken into account for the column width. In Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2.1 and later, when you customize the details for a table and enter autofit to window as the table auto fit value, columns increase and decrease in size depending on the amount of content contained within the cell. If a cell does not contain any content, but has a cell width value entered, the cell width value might be adjusted to allot for more or less space based on the content in the other columns. To override this behavior and create a column wider than the content it contains, clear the autofit to window value and enter a numeric value for the column. Example: 500 |
To modify word wrapping in a table |
In Rational Publishing Engine version 1.1.2.1 and later, you can also modify the resize to fit contents table property by selecting or clearing the check box. When the check box is selected and resize to fit contents is true, long text that does not contain any spaces is broken and wrapped within the cell. When the check box is cleared and resize to fit contents is false, long text that does not contain any spaces is not broken and extends to the edge of the page. |
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To repeat heading rows when a table extends beyond a page boundary |
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To avoid splitting data rows when a table beyond a page boundary |
If you do not want any row to be split between pages, you need to set this for every row in the table as it is a row property. |
To have a row appear only once in a table |
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To add text in a cell All of the cells (columns) in the table will have a common selection for styles, font properties, character properties, effects, line, border and color. |
The Text item is selected and the Properties view. Within that set, the
font family property is set to Arial and the bold property is changed
from its default value of false to true. Note: The font size is left
blank which will cause a default size to be applied in the output
document.
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set of properties is expanded
in the
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To adjust the height a cell by spanning multiple rows |
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To adjust the width a cell by spanning multiple columns |
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To apply a border style script: