Not table???

Request new features or suggest modifications to existing features of Atlantis.
Post Reply
ravodin
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:26 am

Not table???

Post by ravodin »

You can not insert a simple table?
rstroud
Posts: 232
Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:07 pm
Location: Tennessee
Contact:

Tables

Post by rstroud »

Atlantis does a lot of remarkable things. First and foremost, for me, is that it produces the cleanest, most logical code for an epub file that you will find anywhere.

Additionally, it handles most documents just fine and uses a traditional Windows interface (instead of the absurd "ribbon" that Microsoft inflicted on us). Atlantis also handles styles in a rational way instead of including a zillion styles that you do not want in your "Normal" template. I use Atlantis for a great deal of my writing.

But tables are just not part of the features. See this thread for a history of the whole issue:

http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en ... php?t=1004

If you really need tables, I suggest the free OpenOffice.org suite or the equivalent LibreOffice.
jarhead2000
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:14 pm

Post by jarhead2000 »

libre office open office are way to big for computer. need light word proccesor.
rstroud
Posts: 232
Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:07 pm
Location: Tennessee
Contact:

Post by rstroud »

Jarhead,

I thought I was somebody who always stayed way behind the cutting edge in computer hardware.

But I think you have beaten me out on that score.

If you cannot handle suites like Open Office, then you are probably just stuck. You might find a small application (maybe, somewhere) that will handle tables, but I doubt it. I even checked Microsoft's WordPad just now to see if it supports tables, but it appears not to.
DaleDe
Posts: 84
Joined: Thu May 02, 2013 7:28 pm
Location: Grass Valley, CA, USA
Contact:

Post by DaleDe »

rstroud wrote:Jarhead,

I thought I was somebody who always stayed way behind the cutting edge in computer hardware.

But I think you have beaten me out on that score.

If you cannot handle suites like Open Office, then you are probably just stuck. You might find a small application (maybe, somewhere) that will handle tables, but I doubt it. I even checked Microsoft's WordPad just now to see if it supports tables, but it appears not to.
Wordpad will not make a table but it will display one in a document it imports. You can even cut and paste it and edit its content. What wordpad cannot do is make a page break although again it will support one if imported. It is limited to serve as a reader mostly these days.

Dale
Torben
Posts: 13
Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:14 pm
Location: Denmark

Post by Torben »

jarhead2000 wrote:libre office open office are way to big for computer. need light word proccesor.
Have a look at Tomahawk PDF+

http://www.nativewindsofmontana.com/sof ... fplus.html

It is free and will probably do what you need. You can even use it froma USB key

--
Torben
rstroud
Posts: 232
Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:07 pm
Location: Tennessee
Contact:

Post by rstroud »

Thanks, Torben ...

I took a look at the link. I did not try the program.

That would be a good choice for someone who absolutely has to have tables and has limited hardware. The installation file is about one-tenth the size of the free OpenOffice/LibreOffice suites. The free version handles tables, according to the information on the website.

Best ...
Torben
Posts: 13
Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:14 pm
Location: Denmark

Post by Torben »

If Tomahawk is not to your liking, then there is also Abiword, but personal I don't like it:

http://www.abisource.com/


Beside being a user of Atlantis I use SoftMaker Office - both paid versions, but you can have SoftMaker Office for free. The features in SoftMaker Office 2006 should cover the needs of most people:

http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1463


There is also a newer free version (2012), but you have to get a free registration via email for it:

http://www.freeoffice.com/


Hope this helps.

--
Torben
Post Reply