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Title:DOCUMENT T1.0
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Created:Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:897
Total number of notes:4397

776.0. "Format Question: <LIST> or <TABLE>" by CHGV04::ORZECH (Alvin Orzechowski @RDC) Fri Aug 07 1987 14:09

     I don't know if the following is a list or a table:

     LIST    This would seem to be a list because things are separated like
             one, but none of the <LIST> types seem to do this.

     TABLE   Maybe it's a <TABLE> of some sort, but all the tables I've
             played with put lines at the top and bottom and I don't want
             them.

     I've seen the above in many of the manuals, but I'll be  darned  if  I
     can figger out how it's done.

     Help?
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776.13rd optionCRAYON::GENTParty gone out of bounds -- B52&#039;sFri Aug 07 1987 15:023
    Try a <DEFINITION_LIST>.
    
    --Andrew
776.2I don't think soCHGV04::ORZECHAlvin Orzechowski @RDCFri Aug 07 1987 16:043
     <DEFINITION_LIST> bolds each <DEFLIST_ITEM> and puts it  on  the  line
     above  each  <DEFLIST_DEF>.   I  don't  want bolding and I do want the
     definitions starting on the same line.  Any other suggestions?
776.3Try <TABLE> in REPORTDECWET::KOSAKFri Aug 07 1987 20:489
    Alvin,
    
    You can get what you're looking for, but it may depend on what doctype
    you're using.  I know that REPORT and OVERHEADS will work.  There
    must be others.
    
    Simply use <TABLE> but don't give it a title, or any heads.
    
    -- Craig
776.4Informal tableVAXUUM::SEGALMon Aug 10 1987 12:059
    RE .3:
    
    All doctypes will produce what you want, so long as your <TABLE>
    has no caption and no headings. The automatic rules are related to
    the design, but are bound to the caption and/or column headings.
    So, even a design that uses table rules will not produce them
    if a table is coded without headings and/or a caption.
    
    Lee
776.5Close, but no cigar, yetCHGV04::ORZECHAlvin Orzechowski @RDCMon Aug 10 1987 12:1130
     I'm using doctype SOFTWARE.REFERENCE - just like I think  the  manuals
     I'm looking at use.  On Craig's suggestion, here's what I used:

     <TABLE>()
     <TABLE_ATTRIBUTES>(MULTIPAGE )
     <TABLE_SETUP>(2\10 )
     <TABLE_ROW>(LIST\
     This would seem to be a list because things are separated like one,
     but none of the <LIST> types seem to do this.) 
     <TABLE_ROW>(TABLE\
     Maybe it's a <TABLE> of some sort, but all the tables I've played with
     put lines at the top and bottom and I don't want them. )
     <ENDTABLE>


     This yealded the following results:

     Table 1
     ______________________________________________________________________
     LIST    This would seem to be a list because things are separated like
             one, but none of the <LIST> types seem to do this.

     TABLE   Maybe it's a <TABLE> of some sort, but all the tables I've
             played with put lines at the top and bottom and I don't want
             them.
     ______________________________________________________________________


     I don't want "Table 1" and the top and bottom border lines.  Any other
     suggestions?
776.6Got it!CHGV04::ORZECHAlvin Orzechowski @RDCMon Aug 10 1987 12:3124
     Finally!  Here's what I did:

     <TABLE>
     <TABLE_SETUP>(2\10 )
     <TABLE_ROW>(LIST\
     This would seem to be a list because things are separated like one,
     but none of the <LIST> types seem to do this.) 
     <TABLE_ROW>(TABLE\
     Maybe it's a <TABLE> of some sort, but all the tables I've played with
     put lines at the top and bottom and I don't want them. )
     <ENDTABLE>


     Which yielded the following:

     LIST    This would seem to be a list because things are separated like
             one, but none of the <LIST> types seem to do this.

     TABLE   Maybe it's a <TABLE> of some sort, but all the tables I've
             played with put lines at the top and bottom and I don't want
             them.


     Thanx Andrew, Craig, and Lee for all the help.