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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013-Jul-31 6:08 PM, Craig Ede
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Framers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there any way to get an actual broken
line rule pattern in FrameMaker tables?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My human factors guys insist that I do a
certain table with dashed rulings. I know about the Edit
button in Custom Ruling and Shading and that it allows editing
of the width and "tone" of the rulings by choosing Edit Ruling
Style. The Pen Patterns percentages of 3, 10, 30, etc. %, are
not what is wanted, since these percentages just affect how
gray the line is and not how "dashed" it is. I know that
FrameMaker's screen representations of the tones look like
broken lines, but they aren't. ["All is illusion"]. In the PDF
the percentage just results in a lighter tone of gray.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know if broken line rules are
even possible?<o:p></o:p></p>
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Rick Quatro has answered your questions. If it's any help, Sally
Bigwood (trainer and consultant specializing in presenting numeric
information) and Melissa Spore (instructional designer with a
special interest in document design) have this to say in their book,
<i>Presenting Numbers, Tables, and Charts</i> (Oxford U. Press):<br>
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"The eye does not need grid lines to follow the layout of a table.
The arrangement of columns and rows create their own order for the
reader... The best tables organize contents for the reader's
convenience through simplicity of layout, clarity of wording, and
attention to page design... The layout should be simple, replacing
grid lines with white space."<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3
Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com">http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com</a>
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