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<DIV><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm investigating
the use of XSL-FO to create fairly sophisticated data tables in PDF. I looked at
it a couple years ago, but it was too early.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm wondering if XEP
can produce PDF tables that:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<LI><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>have an automatic
cell-width based on content (supports table-layout="auto").</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>have headers and
footers that can be printed on each page</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>support an
arbitrary-depth spanned header tree (see right three columns of <A
href="http://www.bls.gov/xg_shells/ro5xg01.htm">http://www.bls.gov/xg_shells/ro5xg01.htm</A>)</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>support
decimal-point alignment in a column.</FONT></SPAN></LI></OL>
<DIV><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank
you,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark
Thomas</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=491541319-15102004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thomas.Mark@bls.gov</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>