Re: Challenge (to me)
I've been given a bunch of Microsoft Excel files to put in a manual.
As you may know, I'm currently using Ventura publisher. Does anyone know
how to import this and get it looking at least something like a table? I
copied the worksheet and pasted it into a blank page. I got all the
text, but no lines, and lots of spacing that I couldn't do much with.
I would do all the fancy formatting in Excel and export tables ready to include as EPS graphics. That's how I always did it in PageMaker (when it was a complex enough table that I couldn't set it directly). My guess is that's going to be the best path for you, too.
Formatting in Excel is fussy work, but it can be done. Biggest tip: insert blank ditch columns to control horizontal spacing and to break total rules at column boundaries.
Dick
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