[softwarelist] Re: Tablemate alternative
- From: Dave Symes <dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:09:15 +0000 (GMT)
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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