Is there any known performance penalty for using tables vs. absolute
positioning or vice versa? I've been using tables to control the layout of most
of my documents, but they can be a major pain to modify when the need arises.
Restructuring the table can be a major headache when row and column spanning is
involved. I'm thinking that moving to absolute positioning would make things
more 'granular' and maintenance easier. Will there be any difference in
performance? Or maybe that is a renderer-specific question?