Re: Too much right-hand padding of text inside table cells
Forgot to specify: I am using FrameMaker 7.2. Thanks, - avi On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Avraham Makeler amake...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, 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. Ideas? TIA - avi -- Regards, avraham ~ 054-3084886 Mercy on all, coz everyone's fighting some sort of battle ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Too much right-hand padding of text inside table cells
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 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Too much right-hand padding of text inside table cells
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.co...@polycom.comwrote: 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 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
