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Table column widhts
Hi there,
since there are many people out there writing tables in their PDFs,
has anyone come up with a good algorithm to determine the column widths
based on content?
Can anyone point me to the right direction or offer some hints?
Thanks in advance,
Stefan
Re: Table column widhts
Posted by FAGOT Alain <Al...@framfab.nl>.
Alex McLintock wrote:
> Your problem is that deciding on column widths is a visual thing to
> be done by a designer with a pair of eyes. Unless you have a well
> known set of table data (such as integers) and a well understood
> way of determinining size (eg number of digits) then you really
> don't have an alternative.
You could also use an approach featured in (La)TeX or HTML. The width is
determined by formatting the cell data without breaking lines. This
would work only for small cell elements.
Not that much of a help, I fear...
Alain.
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Re: Table column widhts
Posted by Alex McLintock <al...@yahoo.com>.
--- "Sander, Stefan" <ss...@microstrategy.com> wrote: > Hi there,
>
> since there are many people out there writing tables in their PDFs,
> has anyone come up with a good algorithm to determine the column widths
> based on content?
My algorithm...
Divide the width available by the number of columns and assign that as
width for each column.
Produce a pdf from it.
LABEL:
See which columns look bad and need to be widened or made thinner.
Consider whether to align right, left or center each column. (my numbers are
usually right aligned)
Produce a pdf from it.
if not satisfactory then go to LABEL.
> Can anyone point me to the right direction or offer some hints?
Your problem is that deciding on column widths is a visual thing to be done
by a designer with a pair of eyes. Unless you have a well known set of table data
(such as integers) and a well understood way of determinining size
(eg number of digits) then you really don't have an alternative.
Sorry.
Alex
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