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user1117966
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May 10, 2021 4:21 PM UTC
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Complex table questions

Does anyone know if you can do the following in FrameMaker?

-Nest tables

-Include images in a table cell

-Rotate text in a table cell

 

I have the sames questions for AEM.

 

I am trying to decide what functionality exists and whether it exists in both.

Thank you.

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    Stefan Gentz
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    May 10, 2021 4:47 PM UTC

    @frameexpert:

    1. Yes (through a table in an anchored frame).

    Otherwise, I agree: No. Just don't do it. Really, please do not embed a table in a table. In 99.99% of the cases it's not necessary, and just really bad information architecture. Have a little pity on your posterity and just don't do it.

     

    Regarding XML Documentation for AEM: It's DITA-based. And DITA does not allow tables in tables (for the same very good reasons). Otherwise, yes, of course, you can add images to table cells. And you could also rotate the text if you customize it, as there is no such thing in DITA by default.

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      Bob_Niland
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      Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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      May 10, 2021 6:54 PM UTC

      Stefan-Gentz: 1. Yes (through a table in an anchored frame).

      Also by faking it with straddles elsewhere in the same row and column that hosts the simulated sub-table.

      But yes, no; eschew that too.

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      frameexpert
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      frameexpertCommunity Expert
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      May 10, 2021 4:30 PM UTC

      FrameMaker:

      1. No

      2. Yes

      3. Yes, in 90 degree increments.

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      user1117966Author
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      May 10, 2021 4:41 PM UTC

      Thank you!  Do you know if the answers the same if you are authoring in AEM only?

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      frameexpert
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      frameexpertCommunity Expert
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      May 10, 2021 4:43 PM UTC

      AEM uses DITA so you should check and see if DITA allows nested tables and the other things.

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