Create a table with different column widths

[phanna]

Hi there,

For some of our courseware, we need a table style that makes a table with 2 columns. Each column needs a different set column width. For example, one may need to be 100px wide and the other column may need to be 200 px wide. We haven't been able to figure out how to do this in Flare.
I saw this post, but I don't understand the answer: http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... ell#p47938

Can someone help?
Thanks!
Paula

[RamonS]

In the top gutter you see a tag for the column, when you right-click on it and select Properties from the context menu you can set the column width. Make sure to set the correct widths for the columns AND the table itself. 300 px of columns won't fit into a 200 px table.
You can go that through the style sheet as well, but I get the impression that not all tables will have the same column widths. In that case local formatting will be much easier than creating a bunch of styles that each get used once.

[Andrew]

I created a little mini-video of how to change the size of a column, on a column-by-column basis (apologies for the little bits that got cut off; I'm simply selecting "pixels" as the value in the off-screen parts).

http://screencast.com/t/YjJmYjQ3

If you are looking to create the same dimensions (or almost the same dimensions) every time, then you can create a "shell table" and set the dimensions correctly, then Create a snippet out of it. You can then insert that snippet wherever you want a table, and convert it to text.

[i-tietz]

If you go Andrews's way, I suggest you make a snippet out of the correctly formatted table. Whenever that table is needed lateron you insert the snippet and convert it to text.