Gary Schnabl wrote:
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Gary Schnabl wrote:
Does anybody have any objections to having the frames used for the
OOoAuthors figures being replaced with tables--and not using frames
any longer for the OOoAuthors docs?
[...]
What effect will a change from frames to tables (for holding graphics
and their captions) have when our files are exported to Mediawiki
format for the OOo wiki? I haven't tried this, so I don't know if it
would be better or worse, but IMO any problems in converting to wiki
format are a more important consideration *for our books* than
problems converting to Word.
Why should tables present problems?
Because conversions often have unintended and unexpected consequences. One
cannot simply assume that there won't be any problems, or at least no
annoying cleanup work required. There certainly is some cleanup required
for the Tips, Notes, and Cautions, which use tables for layout. The current
use of frames for figures needs cleanup in the wiki, too, so perhaps tables
will be less (or at least no more) of a nuisance -- but without testing,
who knows? Perhaps Frank or Clayton or someone knows... but they're not
responding to this list right now. (Presumably the Europeans are asleep.)
--Jean
