Feature Idea: docx -> HTML table styling

[Noah Malmed <nmalmed-O2gogPphfo5dNrB6XyqITwC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>]

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Hello!

 We use Pandoc often to convert from docx to HTML, and many of the 
documents we convert include tables. As far as we can tell, almost all of 
the table styling is lost in the docx reader. Specifically, we care about 5 
things:

1. Text justification (left, center, or right)

2. Vertical alignment (top, middle, or bottom)

3. Text indentation

4. Cell shading and text color

5. Table borders 

We hope to enhance the docx reader so that these stylings get preserved in 
the AST.

Proposed solutions:

1. It seems like text justification  already exists in the AST through the 
Alignment value. It just needs to get implemented in the docx reader, as 
described in this issue: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/6316

2. Add the vertical alignment style to attributes as suggested here 
<https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/7444#issuecomment-881649125>

3. Add text indentation to attributes in the form of the style padding-left

4. Add cell shading and text color to attributes in the form of the styles 
background-color and color

5. Add table borders to attributes in the form of the style border

 

Does this sound like a sane and feasible solution? We're pretty motivated 
and willing to work on these changes, just want to know if they would be 
the best route!

Thanks! 

Noah

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