Problem with table appearance in Google template.
I use a Google template to generate scheduled daily reports. The problem is that I canโt get the columns on each row to all have a consistent width from row to row, and as a result the table looks ugly. I hard-coded the column width in the template, nothing. It doesnโt seem to have anything to do with the text in the cell: the two cells containing the text โWalkonโ each are different size (trust me, I measured them on the screen!
How do I control the padding in each cell? I imagine this is a Google template issue, but Iโm asking here first.
Here is what the template looks like:
Adding @Philip_Garrett_Appsh
+Charlie Wells
Glad it is working for you.
I have the same issue with tables generated from the <<Start: Select โฆ
statement.
In above template you actually have a separate single row table every time <<Start>>
โฆ<<End>>
loop generates a row, and there might be a bug on the Google Doc side or its converter to PDF which messes up columns width that way.
As a temporary workaround I think if you incorporate
<<Start>>
and <<End>>
in the same row, i.e. put <<Start>>
in the beginning of first column, and <<End>>
at the end of last column, then the columns width issue will be fixed; however in that case you would have to sacrifice the horizontal lines that separate rows which I understand may not be satisfactory for a tabular report.
Thanks @RezaRaoofi - Iโll give that a try but youโre right, I wouldnโt want to lose the horizontal row separator.
+Charlie Wells @RezaRaoofi
Reza is correct that the best way to define a table is to use the technique described under topic โOrder Template in Table Formatโ in this article help.appsheet.com - Email Templates
That approach allows you to define the table header, table detail rows, and table footer in a single table declaration.
Email Templates help.appsheet.com
@Philip_Garrett_Appsh luckily I seem to be wrong that Charlie would have to sacrifice row separator lines!
Thanks Philip!
Thanks for jumping in to help. You always provide good advice. It is much appreciated!
I am not sure that it will fix all of the alignment issues but it should preserve the rows.
Thanks @Philip_Garrett_Appsh and all! Iโll give that a try.
@Philip_Garrett_Appsh and @RezaRaoofi: HOORAY! Time for a litlte tapdance - that did it! It looks perfect (and the office will love you).
(Had that always been on that page? I must have missed it when I put together my templates back in April. Glad I thought to ask!)
Thank you!
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