Re: Problems with cellular tables

[Tony St Quintin <tony.stq>]

Pablo A. Torijano wrote:

> I have a big Greek synopsis (four columns) that I cannot print

> correctly. Somehow, all goes wrong after printing some pages: at

> the beginning, everything seems to work properly, but after some

> pages a long vertical line of Greek character appears. The only

> thing I can remember is that in page-line view (Shift + f10)

> appears a page numbered 0 just in the place after which all goes

> nuts.

Parallel columns are notoriously flakey...

... especially over calculated page-breaks.

> I am desperate because this synopsis is supposed to be a

> important part of my dissertation.

>

> I am open to any suggestion (exception made of suicide).

A few pointers:

1. Make pagebreaks explicit (insert a pg delta)

The NB4 Manual was done this way.

2. Try to eliminate extraneous formatting/language deltas.

This is best done with a brief XPL routine that goes through the

file(s) rather than the utility built into the Help file which is

VERY good at getting it wrong! -- particularly if you are using

codepage 850 and the Lingua Greek!)

3. Experiment using expanded mod to edit the column deltas.

This can be tricky, but it helps if each page is a distinct

columnar table. ie you put an <<EC>> at the bottom of each page

and repeat the header info at the top of the next.

4. Keep everything as simple as possible: do you need 4 columns?

Would 2 columns suffice:- Mt+Mk on even pages; Lk+Jn on odd?

> Thank you in advance.

I have some utilities that can handle most of these probs but they are

not really in a state to pass on. I'd be happy to apply them to your

files which might be a quicker solution than the offer from NB

Support.

Tony St Quintin