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Jul. 2nd, 2010 01:10 pm
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How do you display tables correctly here that have been generated in Word?

Date: 2010-07-02 06:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanba38.livejournal.com
Well, on a Windows platform, I'd be tempted to do a screen capture of the table by pressing the PrtScn button on the keyboard, opening the Paint program in the accessories menu, pasting, cropping, and saving the image of the table as a jpg.

I don't think I've ever seen a table display properly on LJ, but then, I'm not fluent in html. Perhaps it can be done.

Date: 2010-07-02 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cahwyguy.livejournal.com
LJ can handle HTML tables, but Word doesn't always generate the best HTML. Try saving the table as HTML, and then cutting and pasting that.

Date: 2010-07-04 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanpaku.livejournal.com
Yeah, I sort of tried this and it sort of worked, although it didn't display all that well. Thanks, though.

Date: 2010-07-02 08:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alsoname.livejournal.com
What kind of crazy info-packed entry do you have in store for us?

Date: 2010-07-04 01:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanpaku.livejournal.com
Just you wait.

Date: 2010-07-02 09:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cellio
Word writes lousy HTML; you might be better off doing it yourself. Wrap everything in a <table>, each row in a <tr>, and each cell (within a row) in a <td>. That should be all you need.
Edited Date: 2010-07-02 09:59 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-07-04 01:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanpaku.livejournal.com
Yeah, [livejournal.com profile] flw says the same thing below. It's just a massive table and it's already been generated in tabular format (by iTunes), so it's a pain in the rear to do it manually.

Date: 2010-07-03 08:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] flw.livejournal.com
It showed up in the Google Reader...

SONG ARTIST ALBUM
Only Star The Mommyheads Bingham's Hole
The Heart of My Stupefaction Wimp Factor 14 Ankle Deep

Date: 2010-07-03 12:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanpaku.livejournal.com
Huh. I deleted that! But yeah, if it just looked like that here...

My Skills are Complex...

Date: 2010-07-03 06:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] flw.livejournal.com
Well, let's break it down. This is within your powers. You will gain a little understanding of how to do this, and I will give you the sample code so you can cut and paste through the problem on a text editor, or even within the lj "Post an Entry" window. First let;s look at the simplest table markup and what it produces:

<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4>

<tr>
<th>SONG</th>
<th>ARTIST</th>
<th>ALBUM</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Only Star</td>
<td>The Mommyheads</td>
<td>Bingham's Hole</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>The Heart of My Stupefaction</td>
<td>Wimp Factor 14</td>
<td>Ankle Deep</td>
</tr>

[INSERT MORE ROWS HERE]

</table>

Will Create this table:

SONG ARTIST ALBUM
Only Star The Mommyheads Bingham's Hole
The Heart of My Stupefaction Wimp Factor 14 Ankle Deep


You are free to put as many rows in as you please before the final <table> tag. Here is the sample code for that. Just enter the SONG, ARTIST, ALBUM in order between <td> and </td>:

<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>

Click on "Post an Entry" and make sure you switch to "HTML" mode if you are in "Rich Text" mode. There is a little tab on the upper right hand corner of the Post Entry window. That could trip you up. Now... just cut and paste.

Re: My Skills are Complex...

Date: 2010-07-03 06:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanpaku.livejournal.com
Pshaw, sonny, I was entering the Aitch-Tee-Em-Ell back when you were knee high to a grasshopper! Yeah.

The thing is I have about, hm, 160 songs to enter like this. So it's a bit of a project. I wish I knew how Google Reader rendered it such that you could just paste it like that before. But I'll do it the hard way.

Re: My Skills are Complex...

Date: 2010-07-04 01:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanpaku.livejournal.com
The other thing is that the stuff was generated in a table in iTunes, so I have to de-format it etc. Oh well.

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