{"id":3523,"date":"2015-09-23T18:23:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T18:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2015-09-23T19:16:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T19:16:47","slug":"cell-spanning-multiple-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/cell-spanning-multiple-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Spanning Multiple Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of eFORMz 10.06,\u00a0a cell can be configured to allow its content to span more than one cell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3538\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span2\" width=\"441\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2.png 441w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-138x150.png 138w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-250x273.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-165x180.png 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sample: Detail lines description spanning multiple cells<\/h2>\n<h3>Adding Detail Headings<\/h3>\n<p>1. Right-click the document template icon from the project window and select <em>Add Document Component &gt; Table<\/em>. Click OK to accept the defaults.\u00a0Right-click the table and select <em>Add Row<\/em>.\u00a0Right-click the row\u00a0and select <em>Add Cell<\/em>.\u00a0From the &#8220;Cell Width&#8221; field select Fixed, and enter the appropriate value.\u00a0Repeat this step for as many detail headings as are necessary. A sample layout is described\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0200.0<br \/>\n<strong>Item Number<\/strong> &#8211; 1000.0<br \/>\n<strong>Due Date<\/strong> &#8211; 400.0<br \/>\n<strong>QTY Open<\/strong> &#8211; 400.0<br \/>\n<strong>U\/M<\/strong> &#8211; 200.0<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong> &#8211; 2100.0<br \/>\n<strong>Unit Price<\/strong> &#8211; 500.0<br \/>\n<strong>Extended Price<\/strong> &#8211; 700.0<\/p>\n<h3>Adding Detail Lines<\/h3>\n<p>1. Right-click the table and select <em>Add Row<\/em>. From the &#8220;Repeat of variable&#8221; drop-down menu, select a variable that contains information which\u00a0repeats for every instance of a detail line, such as\u00a0line number or item number.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3527\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span-DL0A\" width=\"499\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A.png 499w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A-150x132.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A-250x220.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A-205x180.png 205w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0A-341x300.png 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Right-click the row and select <em>Add Cell<\/em>. From the &#8220;Cell Width&#8221; field select Fixed, and enter a value of 5500. Click OK to continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0B.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3528\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0B.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span-DL0B\" width=\"440\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0B.png 440w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0B-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0B-138x150.png 138w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0B-250x272.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL0B-165x180.png 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Right-click the cell\u00a0and select <em>Add Table<\/em>. Right-click the table and select\u00a0<em>Add Row<\/em>.\u00a0Click OK to continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3529\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span-DL1\" width=\"498\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1.png 498w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1-150x132.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1-250x220.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1-204x180.png 204w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span-DL1-340x300.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0Right-click the row\u00a0and select <em>Add Cell<\/em>.\u00a0From the &#8220;Cell Width&#8221; field select Fixed, and enter the appropriate value.\u00a0Repeat this step for every\u00a0detail heading. A sample layout is described\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0200.0<br \/>\n<strong>Item Number<\/strong> &#8211; 1000.0<br \/>\n<strong>Due Date<\/strong> &#8211; 400.0<br \/>\n<strong>QTY Open<\/strong> &#8211; 400.0<br \/>\n<strong>U\/M<\/strong> &#8211; 200.0<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 2100.0<br \/>\n<strong>Unit Price<\/strong> &#8211; 500.0<br \/>\n<strong>Extended Price<\/strong> &#8211; 700.0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3531\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span0a\" width=\"684\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a.png 684w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a-250x109.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a-550x239.png 550w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0a-415x180.png 415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3532\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span0b\" width=\"679\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b.png 679w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b-250x111.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b-550x245.png 550w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b-405x180.png 405w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span0b-675x300.png 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Right-click each cell and select <em>Add Paragraph<\/em>. Right-click the paragraph and select <em>Add text &gt; Variable value<\/em>.\u00a0From the &#8220;Variable&#8221; drop-down menu, select the corresponding variable value for that field. In this example, the cell which contains description information will have supplier item information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3533\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2.png\" alt=\"Cell-SpanDL2\" width=\"681\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2.png 681w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2-250x111.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2-550x245.png 550w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2-405x180.png 405w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-SpanDL2-674x300.png 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Adding a\u00a0Row for Description<\/h3>\n<p>1. Right-click the table created in Step 3 of the &#8220;Adding Detail Lines&#8221; instructions and select <em>Add Row<\/em>. Click OK to accept the defaults.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3537\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1a.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span1a\" width=\"497\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1a.png 497w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1a-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1a-150x132.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1a-250x220.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1a-205x180.png 205w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1a-341x300.png 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Right-click the row\u00a0and select <em>Add Cell<\/em>.\u00a0From the &#8220;Cell Width&#8221; field select Fixed, and enter the appropriate value.\u00a0Repeat this step for every\u00a0detail heading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0200.0<br \/>\n<strong>Item Number<\/strong> &#8211; 1000.0<br \/>\n<strong>Due Date<\/strong> &#8211; 400.0<br \/>\n<strong>QTY Open<\/strong> &#8211; 400.0<br \/>\n<strong>U\/M<\/strong> &#8211; 200.0<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 2100.0<br \/>\n<strong>Unit Price<\/strong> &#8211; 500.0<br \/>\n<strong>Extended Price<\/strong> &#8211; 700.0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3535\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span1\" width=\"301\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1.png 301w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1-250x167.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span1-270x180.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Right-click the\u00a0cell created for descriptions and select <em>Edit &gt; General<\/em>. Change the &#8220;Content spans&#8221; from 1 to 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3538\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span2\" width=\"441\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2.png 441w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-138x150.png 138w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-250x273.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span2-165x180.png 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Once more, right-click the cell created for descriptions and select <em>Add Paragraph<\/em>.\u00a0Right-click the paragraph and select <em>Add text &gt; Variable value<\/em>.\u00a0From the &#8220;Variable&#8221; drop-down menu, select the variable for the description value.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3541\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span3\" width=\"442\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3.png 442w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3-150x145.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3-250x242.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3-186x180.png 186w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span3-310x300.png 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0The description will be beneath the other line items, and spanning three cells (Description, Unit Price &amp; Extended Price in this example).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3540\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4.png\" alt=\"Cell-Span4\" width=\"680\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4.png 680w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4-250x111.png 250w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4-550x244.png 550w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4-405x180.png 405w, https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cell-Span4-675x300.png 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of eFORMz 10.06,\u00a0a cell can be configured to allow its content to span more than one cell. Sample: Detail lines description spanning multiple cells Adding Detail Headings 1. Right-click the document template icon from the project window and select Add Document Component &gt; Table. Click OK to accept the defaults.\u00a0Right-click the table and select [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3523"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3543,"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}