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Subject:Re: Vertically centering text in tables From:"Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>, <rob_p_young -at- hotmail -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:03:16 -0500
Rob,
Refer to Chicago Manual of Style for _all_ questions about table layout. It covers the gamut and is a super-credible reference to hit your boss over the head with.
Dick
Rob Young wrote:
>My boss (not a tech writer, though he did play one on TV for a while) would
>like to change the alignment of text in tables in our documents. He wants to
>center text vertically, particularly in tables where one column has more
>text than others (and cells with less text have lots of empty, white space).
