Hello Erik
What you are writing about would, indeed, be
desirable. I'm hoping to see it in NWP 3.
In the meantime, the best solution for you might
be to do what I do with my invoices set up in NWP
-- I simply copy and paste the table.
I have two dummy pages set up with my two forms
of invoice on them. That is the table and other
non-varying parts and a "Page break" included. I
have a docujment whoch is my invoices and I copy
and paste from the dummy thus maintaining the
measurements on each new page (with the included
Page Break creating a new blank page each time
ready for the next insertion).
cheers, geoff
At 2:14 PM +0200 25/5/12, Erik Richard Sørensen wrote:
>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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