[xep-support] Table column size

[Shane Helland]

I cannot seem to control the width of a table's columns.  They are all 
slightly too small.  I've created a simple example.  I include one 
column and request that it be 9 inches, but when I display it, it comes 
out as slightly less than 8.75 inches. I am using  XEP 4.1.   Am I not 
specifying enough, the wrong thing, does the specification not support 
this kind of control, or is this a problem with the renderer?  Can 
somebody show me how to get the renderer to give the exact column widths 
I specify? 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2004/10/xpath-functions" 
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" 
xmlns:xdt="http://www.w3.org/2004/10/xpath-datatypes" 
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" font-family="Arial" 
font-size="8pt">
    <fo:layout-master-set>
        <fo:simple-page-master master-name="default-page" 
page-height="8.5in" page-width="11in" margin-left=".5in" 
margin-right=".5in">
            <fo:region-body margin-top=".75in" margin-bottom=".5in"/>
            <fo:region-before extent=".75in"/>
            <fo:region-after extent=".5in"/>
        </fo:simple-page-master>
    </fo:layout-master-set>
    <fo:page-sequence master-reference="default-page" 
initial-page-number="1" format="1">
        <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">

<fo:block>This is some example text that shows some wrapping on a wide 
page.  This is some example text that shows some wrapping on a wide 
page.  This is some example text that shows some wrapping on a wide 
page.  This is some example text that shows some wrapping on a wide 
page.  This is some example text that shows some wrapping on a wide 
page.  This is some example text that shows some wrapping on a wide 
page.  This is some example text that shows some wrapping on a wide 
page.  </fo:block>       
       

<fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="0pt">
    <fo:table-column column-width="9in"/>
    <fo:table-body>
        <fo:table-row>
            <fo:table-cell border-style="solid" border-color="black" 
border-width="1pt" >
                <fo:block>text here</fo:block>
            </fo:table-cell>
        </fo:table-row>
    </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>           

        </fo:flow>
    </fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>


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