Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!atha!auvax.AthabascaU.CA!kevinc From: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Kevin Crocker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Tables using WordPerfect 5.0 Summary: Word Processors Message-ID: <945@auvax.AthabascaU.CA> Date: 30 Jun 89 04:47:51 GMT References: <176@mother.dde.uucp> <7243@ecsvax.UUCP> <5430@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <8790@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Athabasca U, Alberta, Canada Lines: 39 In article <8790@chinet.chi.il.us>, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes: > In article <5430@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) writes: > > >>We've struggled with this one too. In WP5 you can't use line draw > >>with proportionally spaced fonts. > >Does the "text in a box" function work for this? > Yes, the graphic boxes and lines and text boxes use measurement-based > positioning and work with proportional fonts. It is a lot of work to > This is one area where MS Word is much easier to use than WP. Word > lets you specify a border as part of a paragraph format and vertical > lines (that close properly with the border) can be positioned in the > tab settings. That can all be saved as a style, so you can import > an area from a lotus file (directly), apply the style to set up the > tab settings and lines and print. If you want more horizontal lines, > just add paragraph breaks. Lotus Manuscript does the same thing but also allows borders to have a variety of styles (thin, wide, double, and something else). You can also use this feature in columns and between columns. You can save these as libraries or as style sheets. One of the nicest features of Manuscript is the automatic import and hot-link feature with Lotus 123 files. You can dynamically bring in a 123 file and set it up the way you want and then whenever that spreadsheet changes the new values, etc, will be brought in when you want the next time you access that particular file. I do quitre a bit of financial reporting and I tweak Balance Sheets and income statements all the time so this feature is quite a lifesaver. In fact, it kind of makes the Always add-in useless except for one off type stuff. Kevin -- Kevin "auric" Crocker Athabasca University UUCP: ...!{alberta,ncc,attvcr}!atha!kevinc Inet: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA