Re: Text along side tables

From: Mark Gilbert (markgilbert@hotpop.com)
Date: Sun Sep 28 2003 - 11:33:38 EDT

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    Nested table?

    -MG

    On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 10:30, Alan Horkan wrote:
    > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Jonathan wrote:
    >
    > > I want to be able to put text on the same line that a table is on. However
    > > the table is not the full width of the page and is butted against the right
    > > margin. That is I want:
    > >
    > > Text description here <table here>
    > >
    > > Has anyone found a way to do this ? The best I can get is:
    > > Text description here
    > > <table here>
    > >
    >
    > Columns.
    >
    > Menus: Format, Columns...
    > Or click on the icons for columns on the standard toolbar.
    >
    > I think there are limited plans for frames based layout in future
    > version of Abiword but within the current feature set Columns are probably
    > the only solution.
    >
    > > BTW the "Change the dominant direction of paragraph" is a great way to get
    > > right justified numbers in tables.
    >
    > Right justify can be set on a per cell basis and has a convenient shortcut
    > so I can only assume you are doing something special and that ordinary
    > Right Justify is not enough.
    >
    > Menus: Format, Align, Right Ctrl+R
    >
    > Sincerely
    >
    > Alan Horkan
    > http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
    >
    >
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