table column sizing - redeux

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After reading the questions and responses, I have a better idea of how tables
do and do not work in the web environment, however....

There are webpages that contain columns of financial information. Is there
a way to keep this kind of information aligned? Someone mentioned inserting
a table (am assuming a single cell table) into a cell. Will this keep things
straight?

Is there a better way to add financial data to a page without a table?

I have a very large job coming up that will use or not use as might be the
case with salary information and would like to be able to copy and paste the
information in from an excel spread sheet.... (ps - can a spread sheet or
copied portion thereof be inserted into a table?

Thanks much - Lenny
 
Information from a spreadsheet can be copied as a table - though there
may be a great deal of code overhead copied with it that may need to be
cleared up.

I don't know what questions/answers you have looked at, but tables do
have their place in web sites, especially for displaying columns and
rows of data. Tables were invented for this - and spreadsheets are
simply tables with a few bits added...

Page layout is another thing - there are better ways to lay out a page
than using tables. But a table can be part of a page.
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Thank you "Ronx"....we're not quite there yet

I'm familiar with the design principles of incorporating tables with text
and other graphic elements....I'm just trying to get a handle on managing
cell/column size and width. I understand that things need to be flexible due
to the diversity of browser settings. I also feel the frustration of a
number of petitioners trying to keep things lined up. If you set each
cell/column width to specific pixels and allow for text wrapping, will you
effectively limit the left and right movement of the column? Again, thanks
 
Yes - up to a point. If a long word (with no whitespace or soft
hyphens) is added that requires more space than the column width allows
then that column will stretch, otherwise the columns will be locked.
When allocating column widths, test with the largest text size your
users are likely to use - text size cannot be locked down.
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Alternatively, you can simply save your Excel spreadsheet as a web page (.htm
or .html) and link to it.
 
"Dan" - thanks for responding

On an intranet site - does saving the 'spreadsheet' as a web and linking,
gain you anything over just placing a link to the excel file?

Lenny
 
Lenny said:
Thanks Dan, every little bit of info helps!
Click to expand...

Another way to do it, is to *try* PDF. I'm not saying that it will work
for you if there a lot of columns, (although that can worked around, but
for spreadsheets that will just be reviewed and no changes made, they
work well. I use PDF when I post financial reports for certain people to
see. I secure them to print only.

PDF doesn't have to cost a lot. Software 995 makes free tools if you
don't mind waiting 15 seconds or so when you make a PDF document to see
an ad, ala Slate.

I think PDFSuite995 might work for you.

http://www.pdf995.com/
 
Vey - can I place bookmarks into the pdf'd tables for a hyperlink jump from
the htm?

Lenny
 
Lenny said:
Vey - can I place bookmarks into the pdf'd tables for a hyperlink jump from
the htm?

Lenny
Click to expand...

PDF does support hyperlinks to other places in the same document and I
think to html pages outside of the document, but I'm not sure if the
free version does exactly what you want. Here is what the page says
about that under features:
Automatic insertion of embedded links
Hierarchical Bookmarks
Sticky Note Annotations

I've never tried these because the spreadsheets I am using were
generated by accountants and they aren't very geeky. I'm just
responsible for distribution.
 
To "Vey" and all who responded to my query.... my thanks, you have all been
very helpful - Lenny
 
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