Hi,
I have a table layout which needs a header divider between group of columns if the header has more than one row, like on the attached image.
Currently I achieve this by adding an empty column.
I was wondering if there is another way I can do it, without adding a column?
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Hi piotreba:
I handle this the same way—with a narrow empty column. As an alternative you could handle the lines with paragraph rules.
Set up a ruling line below for the cell heading tag:
Assigned to all the cell headings, it's a continuous line.
Now you can create a new tag where the line ends a little short on the right to create the gap.
What I like about the narrow column approach is that the spacing is even, and my technique isn't. It would be even better to distribute the gap across two tags: t
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I have CC 2018 version.
I attach two screens below. In the second one I include red arrow, which points to the "break" in an "upper" header which visually divides two groups of "lower" header data. I achieve this by adding new empty column. I was wondering if I can make this break without adding new column, but using some cell properties?
Hi piotreba:
I handle this the same way—with a narrow empty column. As an alternative you could handle the lines with paragraph rules.
Set up a ruling line below for the cell heading tag:
Assigned to all the cell headings, it's a continuous line.
Now you can create a new tag where the line ends a little short on the right to create the gap.
What I like about the narrow column approach is that the spacing is even, and my technique isn't. It would be even better to distribute the gap across two tags: the left on has a right indent and the right one has a left indent.
~Barb
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