Hamid Haji wrote:
> On 25 May 2012, at 07:15, AlanD wrote:
> 
>> I spent hours yesterday, like you, in Nisus 1.4.2, looking everywhere for the means of converting layout measurements. I eventually found it where I ought to have looked in the first place: Main Nisus Menu/View/Rulers – cm, in, mm, pc, pt.
> [...]
> There is a very useful unit converter with NRuler app, which allows the user to see the values of all measurement units - pixels, inches, centimetres, picas, and points - simultaneously as you enter the value of any one unit.
> 
> http://noutash.com/freebies/nruler/
> 
> Application menus and shortcuts can be viewed in NRuler's preferences.
> 
> Unit Convertor is invoked with Command-u.

Hm... But neither Alans nor NRuler helps here...

What I was looking for is a possibility to _change_ the colum sizes just 
by entering a given value, so all tables have same column sizes instead 
of just dragging column separators left<->right in a table.

I mostly work with two types of tables
1. A 2-column table where column 1 must be 2 cm and the rest  -17 cm - 
of the page width to column 2.
2. A 3-column table where column 1 and 2 must be (apprx.) 8,5cm each and 
column 3 - again - must be 2 cm

visualization...
Table 1: (here 3 independant tables)
Column 1    Column 2
xxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Column 1    Column 2
xxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Column 1    Column 2
xxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Table 2
Column 1               Column 2               Column 3
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxx
Column 1               Column 2               Column 3
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxx
Column 1               Column 2               Column 3
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxx

It doesnot look good that the tables may be showing up like this when 
they are placed just underneath each others
Table 1: (here 3 independant tables)
Column 1    Column 2
xxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Column 1    Column 2
xxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Column 1    Column 2
xxxxxxxxxx   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

It would be very nice to have a feature in 'Table' like the one in 
'Column' settings under the text part where you can define the column 
width in cm/inch as you like it.

The function of setting a column width in a table is implemented as 
standard in most other textprocessors like Word Mac/Win, OpenOffice, 
NeoOffice, LibreOffice and StarOffice Mac/Win.

In alle those you just click on 'Define Table' -> 'Column Width' and 
enter a value for each column - click OK/Define - and the columns are 
set. This you can do for each table in a multi-table document so all 
tables defined have the exact same with for the columns

In NWP I enter lot of one-line texts (music library). such a one-line 
text can hold 3 or more information. Each information separated by a 
tab-stop. Using the NWP feature 'Convert to Table' will then change the 
text into a finished table.

Example:
2001    The Art Of Old-Time Mountain Music
    01    Old Molly Hare    Haywood Blevins
    02    Old Blind Sow, She Stole The Middlins    John W. Summers
    03    The High Toned Dance    Glenn Ohrlin
    04    Po' Black Sheep    Frazier & Patterson

Using the 'Convert to Table' will make the finished table look like 
this. Digits 1-4 refer to amount of columns...

1   2     3                               4
2001      The Art Of Old-Time Mountain Music
     01    Old Molly Hare                  Haywood Blevins
     02    Old Blind Sow, She Stole
           The Middlins                    John W. Summers
     03    The High Toned Dance            Glenn Ohrlin
     04    Po' Black Sheep                 Frazier & Patterson

First raw contains year of release and album title
Next raws contain (1)empty, (2)track number, (3)track title and (4)artist.

In this table here the widths are 1=2,0 cm, 2=1,0 cm, 3=8,0 cm, 4=8,0 cm

In some very old recordings recording year is added after either artist 
or track title. In this case I add one more tab-stop which adds a column 
5=2,0 cm.

...But, but...I still have to drag the widths instead of just selecting 
a 'Define Width' and enter the value.:-(

OK... There is one solution... I could make the work in OpenOffice - 
either in OOWriter or OOSpreadSheet, save as OOo template and then 
re-open in NWP and save as RTF, but I count this as double-work...

Cheers, Erik Richard

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