Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

[Matt Dawson]

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I am currently using pandoc to convert *html* to *docx* and unfortunately 
the alignment of the html tables is not preserved in the docx output. I 
have tried setting the alignment on the td and on the paragraph inside the 
td but this alignment does not come through to the output docx file. 

I have tried using:

<td style="text-align:center">

and

<td align="center">

and

<td><p style="text-align:center">text here</p></td>

is there anything i am missing or is this just not supported? Any solutions 
or help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Matt

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Re: Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

[Mark Szepieniec]

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The pandoc document model does support alignments in tables, and from a
quick look at the source code, the docx writer seems to support alignment.
Therefore I'd guess it's an issue with the html reader.

Note that in pandoc the alignments are set by column, so I'm not sure if it
could ever properly interpret html input in which every cell has an
arbitrary alignment.

I think your options are to switch to markdown for your input, whose tables
pandoc understands properly, or write a filter that changes alignment
settings of tables that have been read in from html.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Matt Dawson <matt.dawson84-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> I am currently using pandoc to convert *html* to *docx* and unfortunately
> the alignment of the html tables is not preserved in the docx output. I
> have tried setting the alignment on the td and on the paragraph inside the
> td but this alignment does not come through to the output docx file.
>
> I have tried using:
>
> <td style="text-align:center">
>
> and
>
> <td align="center">
>
> and
>
> <td><p style="text-align:center">text here</p></td>
>
> is there anything i am missing or is this just not supported? Any
> solutions or help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Matt
>
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Re: Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

[Matt Dawson]

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Thanks for your input Mark.

I have read up on the table alignment for markdown. This reminded me that i 
wasn't including a <thead> in my html table in the input file. I have added 
that and set the alignment for each column on the <th> but the alignment 
still isn't brought through to the output docx :-(. The full extent of my 
workflow involves:

   - an editing team writing articles in Wordpress which i then export to a 
   single xml.
   - Run a python script on the xml to convert to multiple html files
   - Run pandoc on the html files to convert to docx and multiple other 
   formats.

I can't ask the writing team to write in markdown and many of the articles 
include tables. I need to be able to allow the writers to set the table 
alignment themselves using tools they are familiar with.

The only thing i can think of at the moment is look for a script to convert 
my wordpress xml to markdown, however the first one i tried didn't support 
markdown tables.

Matt

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Re: Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

[Matt Dawson]

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I have just ran a test using markdown as the input that includes a table 
with alignment:

# Tables
## multi-line table example

-------------------------------------------------------------
 Centered   Default           Right Left
  Header    Aligned         Aligned Aligned
----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
   First    row                12.0 Example of a row that
                                    spans multiple lines.

  Second    row                 5.0 Here's another one. Note
                                    the blank line between
                                    rows.
-------------------------------------------------------------


Pandoc successfully writes a docx output file that contains the table 
alignment. So this confirms your suspicions Mark that the issue lies with 
the html reader.

Can i report this as a bug? How am i best to do about that?

Matt


On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:29:04 PM UTC, Matt Dawson wrote:
>
> Thanks for your input Mark.
>
> I have read up on the table alignment for markdown. This reminded me that 
> i wasn't including a <thead> in my html table in the input file. I have 
> added that and set the alignment for each column on the <th> but the 
> alignment still isn't brought through to the output docx :-(. The full 
> extent of my workflow involves:
>
>    - an editing team writing articles in Wordpress which i then export to 
>    a single xml.
>    - Run a python script on the xml to convert to multiple html files
>    - Run pandoc on the html files to convert to docx and multiple other 
>    formats.
>
> I can't ask the writing team to write in markdown and many of the articles 
> include tables. I need to be able to allow the writers to set the table 
> alignment themselves using tools they are familiar with.
>
> The only thing i can think of at the moment is look for a script to 
> convert my wordpress xml to markdown, however the first one i tried didn't 
> support markdown tables.
>
> Matt
>

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Re: Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

[Matthew Pickering]

I opened an issue here. https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/1881

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Matt Dawson <matt.dawson84-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have just ran a test using markdown as the input that includes a table
> with alignment:
>
> # Tables
> ## multi-line table example
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>  Centered   Default           Right Left
>   Header    Aligned         Aligned Aligned
> ----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
>    First    row                12.0 Example of a row that
>                                     spans multiple lines.
>
>   Second    row                 5.0 Here's another one. Note
>                                     the blank line between
>                                     rows.
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Pandoc successfully writes a docx output file that contains the table
> alignment. So this confirms your suspicions Mark that the issue lies with
> the html reader.
>
> Can i report this as a bug? How am i best to do about that?
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:29:04 PM UTC, Matt Dawson wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your input Mark.
>>
>> I have read up on the table alignment for markdown. This reminded me that
>> i wasn't including a <thead> in my html table in the input file. I have
>> added that and set the alignment for each column on the <th> but the
>> alignment still isn't brought through to the output docx :-(. The full
>> extent of my workflow involves:
>>
>> an editing team writing articles in Wordpress which i then export to a
>> single xml.
>> Run a python script on the xml to convert to multiple html files
>> Run pandoc on the html files to convert to docx and multiple other
>> formats.
>>
>> I can't ask the writing team to write in markdown and many of the articles
>> include tables. I need to be able to allow the writers to set the table
>> alignment themselves using tools they are familiar with.
>>
>> The only thing i can think of at the moment is look for a script to
>> convert my wordpress xml to markdown, however the first one i tried didn't
>> support markdown tables.
>>
>> Matt
>
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Re: Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

[Matt Dawson]

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Thanks Matthew.

@Mark Szepieniec mentioned using a filter as a work-arround. I have just 
read up on them in the documentation but it seems a little out of my 
skill-set! I guess i'll just have to see the outcome of the issue you have 
raised.

thanks again.

Matt


On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 12:46:00 PM UTC, Matthew Pickering wrote:
>
> I opened an issue here. https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/1881 
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Matt Dawson <matt.d...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > I have just ran a test using markdown as the input that includes a table 
> > with alignment: 
> > 
> > # Tables 
> > ## multi-line table example 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >  Centered   Default           Right Left 
> >   Header    Aligned         Aligned Aligned 
> > ----------- ------- --------------- ------------------------- 
> >    First    row                12.0 Example of a row that 
> >                                     spans multiple lines. 
> > 
> >   Second    row                 5.0 Here's another one. Note 
> >                                     the blank line between 
> >                                     rows. 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > 
> > 
> > Pandoc successfully writes a docx output file that contains the table 
> > alignment. So this confirms your suspicions Mark that the issue lies 
> with 
> > the html reader. 
> > 
> > Can i report this as a bug? How am i best to do about that? 
> > 
> > Matt 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:29:04 PM UTC, Matt Dawson wrote: 
> >> 
> >> Thanks for your input Mark. 
> >> 
> >> I have read up on the table alignment for markdown. This reminded me 
> that 
> >> i wasn't including a <thead> in my html table in the input file. I have 
> >> added that and set the alignment for each column on the <th> but the 
> >> alignment still isn't brought through to the output docx :-(. The full 
> >> extent of my workflow involves: 
> >> 
> >> an editing team writing articles in Wordpress which i then export to a 
> >> single xml. 
> >> Run a python script on the xml to convert to multiple html files 
> >> Run pandoc on the html files to convert to docx and multiple other 
> >> formats. 
> >> 
> >> I can't ask the writing team to write in markdown and many of the 
> articles 
> >> include tables. I need to be able to allow the writers to set the table 
> >> alignment themselves using tools they are familiar with. 
> >> 
> >> The only thing i can think of at the moment is look for a script to 
> >> convert my wordpress xml to markdown, however the first one i tried 
> didn't 
> >> support markdown tables. 
> >> 
> >> Matt 
> > 
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Re: Table cell horizontal alignment (docx)

[Mark Szepieniec]

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Matt (Dawson),  it would be very helpful if you could comment on the gh
issue giving a specific example of a html table that isn't read properly,
together with expected and actual output.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Matt Dawson <matt.dawson84-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> Thanks Matthew.
>
> @Mark Szepieniec mentioned using a filter as a work-arround. I have just
> read up on them in the documentation but it seems a little out of my
> skill-set! I guess i'll just have to see the outcome of the issue you have
> raised.
>
> thanks again.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 12:46:00 PM UTC, Matthew Pickering wrote:
>>
>> I opened an issue here. https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/1881
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Matt Dawson <matt.d...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>> wrote:
>> > I have just ran a test using markdown as the input that includes a
>> table
>> > with alignment:
>> >
>> > # Tables
>> > ## multi-line table example
>> >
>> > -------------------------------------------------------------
>> >  Centered   Default           Right Left
>> >   Header    Aligned         Aligned Aligned
>> > ----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
>> >    First    row                12.0 Example of a row that
>> >                                     spans multiple lines.
>> >
>> >   Second    row                 5.0 Here's another one. Note
>> >                                     the blank line between
>> >                                     rows.
>> > -------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >
>> > Pandoc successfully writes a docx output file that contains the table
>> > alignment. So this confirms your suspicions Mark that the issue lies
>> with
>> > the html reader.
>> >
>> > Can i report this as a bug? How am i best to do about that?
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:29:04 PM UTC, Matt Dawson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your input Mark.
>> >>
>> >> I have read up on the table alignment for markdown. This reminded me
>> that
>> >> i wasn't including a <thead> in my html table in the input file. I
>> have
>> >> added that and set the alignment for each column on the <th> but the
>> >> alignment still isn't brought through to the output docx :-(. The full
>> >> extent of my workflow involves:
>> >>
>> >> an editing team writing articles in Wordpress which i then export to a
>> >> single xml.
>> >> Run a python script on the xml to convert to multiple html files
>> >> Run pandoc on the html files to convert to docx and multiple other
>> >> formats.
>> >>
>> >> I can't ask the writing team to write in markdown and many of the
>> articles
>> >> include tables. I need to be able to allow the writers to set the
>> table
>> >> alignment themselves using tools they are familiar with.
>> >>
>> >> The only thing i can think of at the moment is look for a script to
>> >> convert my wordpress xml to markdown, however the first one i tried
>> didn't
>> >> support markdown tables.
>> >>
>> >> Matt
>> >
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