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Re: Word documents and tables

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From: Michael.Moore
Date: Oct 27, 2010 7:00AM

That is correct, you can only provide support for complex tables in HTML and PDF and PDF has a serious resource issue when using JFW which can cause a lot of lag time. We are currently experimenting with changes in the tag tree and the content tree to see if we can find a way to reduce this but it is a very time consuming process. Best practice is still to keep all tables as simple as possible since it makes the information more understandable for everyone. We plan to present our findings and any new techniques that we have learned at AccessU in May.

Mike Moore