Before you attempt the fine tuning described in this section:
You can fine-tune a few aspects of table appearance in WinHelp:
These settings apply to all tables in the document:
[Tables] ; TableRules = None (help default), or one of the Box types: ; Box, Double, Thick, Shadow, Para, or Variable TableRules=None ; TableFill = AsIs (default, shading is unavailable), ColorOnly, None TableFill=AsIs ; ForceTableLineBreaks = No (default) or Yes (make soft breaks hard) ForceTableLineBreaks=No
TableRules and TableFill determine whether corresponding values set in a table-format configuration file take effect:
When ForceTableLineBreaks=Yes, DITA2Go turns line wraps in table cells into line breaks in WinHelp, which often does a poor job of wrapping text in table cells.
If you have frames anchored inside a table cell that do not appear in the output, specify the following:
[Tables] ; TableGraphics = Standard (default, in cell), None, or Outside ; applies only to non-inline and non-runin frames anchored in cell TableGraphics=Outside
DITA2Go has two settings available to fine tune the cell size. You can adjust the table column width as a percentage of the original width, or change the width by a number of twips (twentieths of a point):
[Tables] ; TblColWid* rescales all table column widths in the file, using: ; Pct as the percentage to apply to the original size, 0-32766 ; Add as the twips to add to the scaled result; neg to subtract TblColWidPct=100 TblColWidAdd=0
You can use both in combination; for example, to add 20% + 360 twips:
[Tables] TblColWidPct=20 TblColWidAdd=360
To specify the full width of tables for which column widths are percentages:
[Tables] ; TblFullWidth is the size in twips used to compute column widths when ; widths are given as percentages, default of 9360 twips (6.5 inches). TblFullWidth=9360
By default, DITA2Go combines table cells that straddle columns into a single cell in WinHelp; however, you can override the default:
[Tables] ; MergeStradCells = Yes (default, combine col-straddling cells) or No MergeStradCells=No
Note: For Word output, the default value of MergeStradCells is No (the opposite of the default for WinHelp); see §15.6 Converting tables to print RTF.