[softwarelist] Re: Tablemate alternative

In article <47472AFC.5000407@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Peter Prewett <pprewett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> David Pilling wrote:
> > In message <4743C3D2.6070509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Prewett 
> > <pprewett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >> The documents make extensive use of Tablemate not for its
> >> spreadsheet facility buts ability to create tables with pictures
> >> as well as text.
> >>
> >> Is there anything in the Windows world that will do the job?
> > 
> > I would guess someone has done a table editor for Windows - probably
> > there are millions. One trick is that you can copy/paste from Excel -
> > it saves things as Windows meta files to the clipboard. I presume
> > that also works with free versions like Open Office.
> > 
> Does not look like it, only found SmartDraw which is over the top 
> for as an equivalent to TableMate more does charting a graphs, 
> floorplans etc.
> Need Tablemate to be ported now if I was a programmer, or its 
> features incorporated into OVP!!

> Peter

As David has already explained, create a graphic frame in OvPro, then copy
and paste from Excel or OpenOffice into the OvPro graphic frame, it's as
easy as that.

Dave S

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