Bob Levine wrote:
> Dick Margulis wrote:
>
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> Part of my objection is the interface, and I thank you for the
>> newsreader link. The other part is that, before I posted here, I
>> searched the forums for both of the issues I raised and I didn't find
>> anything even remotely close. The few posts I found that were
>> tangentially related were questions from a while back that nobody
>> answered. My grumble about lameness was about that response factor
>> more than the interface.
>
> I have to admit that the search feature is less than stellar, but I
> don't understand your reluctance to simply post something. If you
> searched and couldn't find it, state that at the start of the post.
>
> One request...If you're going to use a newsreader on the U2U forums,
> please kill the autoquote. It makes a mess of the web interface and
> drives people crazy.
>
> It's a "when in Rome..." thing.
Thanks for that. I wouldn't have thought of it.
>
>
>>> Check out www.teacupsoftware.com for tablestyles and cellstyles
>>> plugins. Yes you have to pay for them. Yes, they're worth it.
>>>
>>> Don't want to spend money? Try saving your table as a library object.
>>
>>
>> I'll look at both options. I don't mind paying something for that
>> feature, although I still think it's a pretty basic requirement that
>> ought to have been built into the product.
Well, I downloaded the trial of the basic version. Table cell styles do
not capture vertical inset values, as near as I can tell. So you're left
with applying them manually or just eyeballing it. Unless I'm missing
something. There's also the weirdness with losing the header row.
>
> The program is improved dramatically with each new release. Table styles
> is requested quite a bit. You might want to add your voice here:
>
> http://www.adobe.com/sup****t/feature.html
Just did. But I used to request features with PageMaker, too, to no
avail. Good place to start, though.


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