how do you llink an object (clip art or picture) with table cell

[cmicala]

I'm using Publisher 2003 to build a website. The website consists of table of
information that will be updated regularly. I'm trying to insert either a
picture or clip art in each cell (like a small icon at the top right corner)
along with the text/information the cell contains. I can't get it to group
so that when I insert a row/cell that picture/icon will move with the text I
want it linked to. Is there a way to get it to do so?

 

[DavidF]

I am not sure I understand your whole question, but you should probably give
up on your idea of using a table. Tables are converted to images when
Publisher publishes the HTML...the web pages. This also kills any links that
you might be able to insert into a cell. This all seems to be a deal killer
for you. I doubt that you can accomplish what you want using a table. You
need a workaround.

As I said, I am not clear about exactly what you are trying to achieve, but
consider a design made up of text boxes, images, lines, borders etc, to make
the results look much like a table, if that is what you want. If you use the
"snap to" option, it isn't that hard to line everything up. You can group
the elements to move them around, but ungroup the elements that have
hyperlinks before you publish your webpages, or it will kill the links in
some browsers. And don't forget the option of the "hot spot" links that you
can use on images/icons/clipart. If you approach your layout using the
flexibility in design by using custom text boxes and images to build your
page, I think you will have a better chance of getting the look and function
you are hoping for.

But then maybe I am reading your question all wrong, and someone else will
be able to give you a better answer.

DavidF

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

I think you could prevent a table from being converted to an image by using
an HTML Fragment like:

<table border="2" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFCC99" style="border-collapse:
collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px" bordercolor="#008080"
id="table1">
<tr><td>CELL 1A</td><td>CELL 1B</td><td>CELL
1C</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>

But the rest of what Tester wants to do would probably get very complicated
and still not work with Pub.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





|I am not sure I understand your whole question, but you should probably
give
| up on your idea of using a table. Tables are converted to images when
| Publisher publishes the HTML...the web pages. This also kills any links
that
| you might be able to insert into a cell. This all seems to be a deal
killer
| for you. I doubt that you can accomplish what you want using a table. You
| need a workaround.
|
| As I said, I am not clear about exactly what you are trying to achieve,
but
| consider a design made up of text boxes, images, lines, borders etc, to
make
| the results look much like a table, if that is what you want. If you use
the
| "snap to" option, it isn't that hard to line everything up. You can group
| the elements to move them around, but ungroup the elements that have
| hyperlinks before you publish your webpages, or it will kill the links in
| some browsers. And don't forget the option of the "hot spot" links that
you
| can use on images/icons/clipart. If you approach your layout using the
| flexibility in design by using custom text boxes and images to build your
| page, I think you will have a better chance of getting the look and
function
| you are hoping for.
|
| But then maybe I am reading your question all wrong, and someone else will
| be able to give you a better answer.
|
| DavidF
|
| | > I'm using Publisher 2003 to build a website. The website consists of
table
| > of
| > information that will be updated regularly. I'm trying to insert either
a
| > picture or clip art in each cell (like a small icon at the top right
| > corner)
| > along with the text/information the cell contains. I can't get it to
| > group
| > so that when I insert a row/cell that picture/icon will move with the
text
| > I
| > want it linked to. Is there a way to get it to do so?
|
|

 

[DavidF]

Thanks Rob,

The code snippet does work. The text "Cell1A" etc., is not converted to an
image. However, I don't think it is very practical to try to build a table
for a Pub web this way. It requires too much hand coding.

I think that the fact that a table is converted to an image by Publisher is
not necessarily a bad thing, depending on how you are using the table. It
just doesn't seem to be the right approach in this case.

DavidF

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

totttaallly agree

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





| Thanks Rob,
|
| The code snippet does work. The text "Cell1A" etc., is not converted to an
| image. However, I don't think it is very practical to try to build a table
| for a Pub web this way. It requires too much hand coding.
|
| I think that the fact that a table is converted to an image by Publisher
is
| not necessarily a bad thing, depending on how you are using the table. It
| just doesn't seem to be the right approach in this case.
|
| DavidF
|
| | >I think you could prevent a table from being converted to an image by
using
| > an HTML Fragment like:
| >
| > <table border="2" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFCC99" style="border-collapse:
| > collapse; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px" bordercolor="#008080"
| > id="table1">
| > <tr><td>CELL 1A</td><td>CELL 1B</td><td>CELL
| > 1C</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</td>
| >
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
| > </table>
| >
| > But the rest of what Tester wants to do would probably get very
| > complicated
| > and still not work with Pub.
| >
| >
| >
| > --
| > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > Rob Giordano
| > Microsoft MVP Expression
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > |I am not sure I understand your whole question, but you should probably
| > give
| > | up on your idea of using a table. Tables are converted to images when
| > | Publisher publishes the HTML...the web pages. This also kills any
links
| > that
| > | you might be able to insert into a cell. This all seems to be a deal
| > killer
| > | for you. I doubt that you can accomplish what you want using a table.
| > You
| > | need a workaround.
| > |
| > | As I said, I am not clear about exactly what you are trying to
achieve,
| > but
| > | consider a design made up of text boxes, images, lines, borders etc,
to
| > make
| > | the results look much like a table, if that is what you want. If you
use
| > the
| > | "snap to" option, it isn't that hard to line everything up. You can
| > group
| > | the elements to move them around, but ungroup the elements that have
| > | hyperlinks before you publish your webpages, or it will kill the links
| > in
| > | some browsers. And don't forget the option of the "hot spot" links
that
| > you
| > | can use on images/icons/clipart. If you approach your layout using the
| > | flexibility in design by using custom text boxes and images to build
| > your
| > | page, I think you will have a better chance of getting the look and
| > function
| > | you are hoping for.
| > |
| > | But then maybe I am reading your question all wrong, and someone else
| > will
| > | be able to give you a better answer.
| > |
| > | DavidF
| > |
| > | | > | > I'm using Publisher 2003 to build a website. The website consists of
| > table
| > | > of
| > | > information that will be updated regularly. I'm trying to insert
| > either
| > a
| > | > picture or clip art in each cell (like a small icon at the top right
| > | > corner)
| > | > along with the text/information the cell contains. I can't get it
to
| > | > group
| > | > so that when I insert a row/cell that picture/icon will move with
the
| > text
| > | > I
| > | > want it linked to. Is there a way to get it to do so?
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[MAURH]

cmicala,

I have a website that I built in Publisher 2003 and I have a table on one of
the pages. It's in the form of a price list and when I did my original price
list, I did it as a table in a word document, because I use a hard copy
also. When I added it to my website, I just did a copy and paste into the
web doc page. I had to adjust the size to fit the page but once it was there
I could change the figures as I needed. I have published this page many
times, as it shows availability as well as prices, I sometimes republish 2
or 3 times a day and it has never been converted to an image. I have even
added links within the table to other pages in the website and they are
fine, they have not been killed after publishing. This is the link to the
page in question http://devonviewcaravans.co.uk/index_files/Prices.htm if
you draw your mouse over the table you will see that you can highlight it,
which shows that it's not an image, you can also see that all the links
work.

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to do with adding a
picture, although I'm pretty certain if I wanted to add a graphic/gif to a
cell in the table, I could do it. If you're asking if the graphic would then
repeat itself automatically each time you added another cell....not sure if
it will do that. You may have to add the graphic each time.....but I'm no
expert!....someone else may be able to help you with that one.

Hope this helps.

MaurH

 

[DavidF]

MaurH,

Whoops...my mistake...only in Pub 2000. Not sure why I was under the
impression that this behavior was consistent throughout all versions of
Publisher.

Thanks for the correction. It is good to hear that I was wrong and hopefully
cmicala will check back.

DavidF

 

[MAURH]

DavidF,

You give so much of your free time and so much good advice to help so many
people in this newsgroup, I don't think one little 'Whoops" counts, does it?

And yes, I hope cmicala checks back too.

MaurH

 

[DavidF]

MaurH,

Thanks for your kind words.

It isn't the first time I have been wrong, and I am sure it won't be the
last. One of the main reasons I help out in this group is to learn. When
someone catches and corrects one of my "whoops", then that helps us all.
Thanks again.

DavidF