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Table - Why The Default Row Heights Are Diffe |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Symptoms: 1. How can the user determine the minimum row height to use in a table? 2. Why is the row height different in tables? For example, create a 3 column 3 row table. The first row's fixed height is .32. The second row is .293. The third row is .333. Solutions: 1. The user will need to take into account the line style of the cell, the inside border space and the font itself. They can find the width of the line style under Shift-F8 (Format), 4 (Other), 8 (Border Options). The inside border space can be found under Alt-F7, 2, 2 (Table Edit), 6 (Options), 1 (Spacing Between Text And Lines). The Font/Line height can be found under Shift-F8 (Format), 1 (Line), 4 (Line Height), 2 (Fixed). The best estimation is to go with the default fixed row height under Alt-F7, 2, 2 (Table Edit), 2 (Format), 3 (Row Height), 1 (Single Line Fixed). The user will be able to adjust this down a bit (a couple of hundredths), but not much. 2. The difference is due to the various lines styles applied to each row, i.e. double, dashed or single. But for further explanation, you can calculate the row height for any row by using the figures you find in WordPerfect. Let's use the example of a 3x3 table. If a customer creates a 3x3 table in whatever font is currently selected, the row height for the first row is .307, second row was .28 and the third row was .32. Now, on row one, we have the double lines at the top of the row. If you go into format, other, border options, you will find the width of all these borders. Double lines are .013 of line, .013 of white space, and another .013 of line. The total height for this top double line is .039. Then you have the white space between the top border and the text--this value is found under options in the table edit menu. The top border option is .1". Then we also have the line height necessary for the actual text. By going into format, line height, fixed, we can see what the current line height is. Mine was .167. If you add up .039, .1, and .167 you get .306 which is awfully close to the .307 fixed row height. Rounding causes the slight difference. Now, on row two, .013 for a top border (single line), .1 for border space, .167 line height totalling .28, which is the value received for row height. The third row then has .013 top line, .1 border space, .167 line height AND the bottom row also has to account for the bottom border, which is a double line in this case, or .039. This totals to .319 and .32 is the row height given. |
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