Rich text table margins when switching forms

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Hi

I have a rich text field on a form, with a table in. This is all fine, but to print out the form I have to do a switch form to get lots of extra formatting, and cut out some of the extraneous fields not needed.

The print form simply has the rich text field (either editable or computed), and I’ve tried putting the rich text field into all different sorts of tables and without tables. No subforms/sections involved.

What always happens is that a table within the rich text field gets indented. If I check the margin properties of the table in the new form(when the field is editable) it has given it a left margin of 1.5 cm. Any text above or below the table stays in the right place.

Has anyone ever seen a solution for this problem?

Exactly the same issue was posted a while ago, but there was no response - see http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/nd6forum.nsf/55c38d716d632d9b8525689b005ba1c0/5238ff48705fcf9885256f4d0056e90a?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,switch,form,rich,text

Thanks

Dan

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Subject: Rich text table margins when switching forms

The problem is simple, although the solution is not. The rich text maintains its own paragraph settings, including margins. This means that if you want the table to show appropriately, the rich text field must be in the same place. If that was within a table cell, it must be so in the printable document.

You may have some success by changing the table margins to percentages instead of absolutes, but you will have to change the existing tables as well.

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Subject: RE: Rich text table margins when switching forms

Thanks Ben

Yep, when I move the original rich text field over in a table to the left, the table on the print form ends up in the right place.

The only problem is, that’s really not great as then when the user wants to edit the rich text field they’d have to scroll over to the left to find the start of it.

I’ll have to put some more thought into this I think

Thanks

Dan