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(sorry for the tardy response, folks, but I'm supposed to be on
vacation this week)
I don't think I could say any better what Abel has said already. I created an example solution to post only to find that the popularly-used tools do not support the feature as documented. At 2007-08-23 18:42 +0200, Abel Braaksma wrote: I think so, yes, too complicated. But here's more If you want the "best" solution, you can augment I wish I could ... I teach that the "correct" way to do this is with text-align="." but there is no support as documented. I have learned, however, that there is *extended* support beyond the standardized documentation that my be helpful if you have Antenna House as a choice of engine. I found it interesting that they support a two-pronged specification of alignment: text-align="'.' end" ... will align the cells vertically on . and then the whole collection of lines to the end of the table cell. text-align="'-' center" ... will align the lines along the first occurrence of "-" and center every "-" in the cell. While quite powerful, it is processor specific and from my tests it does not support text-align="." as documented. For those who are using the tool, it provides a number of options. I wonder if they would consider supporting their extension as follows: text-align="." axf:text-align="end" ... which would satisfy the specification as well as provide the additional functionality in a portable and non-interfering fashion. I hope this helps. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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