Hi Richard, You got it all spot on! Congrats!
I now set DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=On, and I get the real situation. (Just one little thing: when I restarted FM after changing the above cfg param value, FM notified me of an internal error...but that doesn't seem to be bothering it from continuing to function ...so far.) Thanks! - avi On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at polycom.com>wrote: > Avraham Makeler wrote: > > > I am having a problem with right-hand padding of text inside table cells. > > > > I am editing an API reference guide, and some of the software object > names > > are 5 inches long (measured in Arial 8 pt at 100% zoom on a 21" 1600x1200 > > monitor). > > > > The problem is that I am consistently getting an approx. 7 mm padding (at > > the above cell width of 5 inches), which is way too much space to go to > > waste when the column is already that wide; and I do need space for a > > further couple of columns. > > > > I have set to zero the cell margins in both the Paragraph Designer and > > Table > > Designer, but I still have the same problem. > > Have you tried printing a page containing such a table? The "problem" may > exist only on your monitor. Screen font metrics and printer font metrics > aren't the same. > > There's a setting in the [Fonts] section of the maker.ini file that governs > how characters are spaced on the screen. By default, it's set as follows: > > DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=Off > > This setting uses screen font metrics, which produce the best screen > display, but don't accurately reflect line lengths when printed. So you > think there's lots of room left on a line and wonder why it wraps so soon. > But actually the line is full when printer font metrics are applied. > > If you change that setting to On, the screen display will more accurately > reflect line lengths when you print (and that means either printing hardcopy > or creating a PDF). > > HTH! > > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > ------ > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-903-6372 > ------ > > > > > > -- Regards, avraham ~~~~~~~~~ 054-3084886 "Mercy on all, coz everyone's fighting some sort of battle"
