S1000D PDF Table Output Column Widths

[GregoryMackenzi]

Ok, I'm using v5.3 of the editor with CSDB and I've created some S1000D
PDF output using the "Publisher" and I've noticed that the tables as
output completely ignore the column settings. Instead of getting columns
of variable width I get columns of equal width. In the output the
columns are equally divided between 38 pi, which is total chaos. I have
content running across cell borders etc.

I have clearly set the columns as follows:

<table colsep="1" frame="all" rowsep="1">

<title>Something</title>

<tgroup cols="7" tgstyle="1"><colspec<br/>
colwidth="2.00pi"/><colspec colwidth="7.50pi"/">

<colspec colwidth="3.00pi"/"><colspec<br/>
colwidth="2.00pi"/><colspec colwidth="10.00pi"/">

<colspec colwidth="7.00pi"/"><colspec<br/>
colwidth="3.00pi"/>


I suspect this is a problem with the Publisher; it doesn't create Issue
4 compliant covers either. Does anyone know if there is an attribute
which can be set in the XML to force the output to use the column widths
as entered?

[GregoryMackenzi]

Hi Clay,

Thanks very much for the tip on how to use the processing instruction to
insert a break. I'll have to give that a try.

Greg
🙂