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Subject:Re: Robohelp 4: Borders in tables? From:Mark Wilden <Mark -at- MWILDEN -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 3 Oct 1997 05:46:35 -0700
> From: John Trollope <John_Trollope -at- WATSONWYATT -dot- COM>
>
> I did a lot of searching through the archives and Blue Sky's web site,
but
> I haven't found an answer on how to put borders in tables. When I try to
> compile, I get the error "table formatting too complex".
>
> [...]
>
> This works for rows, but not for columns.
As far as I know, this just isn't possible. It's not RoboHELP's fault, but
WinHelp's (or the compiler's).
The best you can do is put horizontal border under each heading, simply by
bordering the paragraph.
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