(EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

[zyma]

sorry, I don't know either...maybe you can type the contents in Excel or OpenOffice calc, then upload it as an image, then post the image here?

maybe I should just not try to help if I don't know...

That's good advice, but I'm not good enough with computers to know how to make the contents of Excel or a similar program into an image, let alone one suitable to be posted here. Thank you, though!

simply make a screenshot of them, then crop the part you want and make it an image. (:

you can take a screenshot by pressing the "prt sc sysrq" button, then you can open a new file in MSpaint and past the screenshot on it, then start editing on it (:

Well, I'll try. Thanks again!

[k1234567890y]

Well, I'll try. Thanks again!

you are welcome, 霜勇士 (:

[Creyeditor]

How do you make tables? I've had it explained to me before, but I can't remember how to do it. I also can't find where it's been explained to me.

Maybe you were searching for this post?

[zyma]

How do you make tables? I've had it explained to me before, but I can't remember how to do it. I also can't find where it's been explained to me.

Maybe you were searching for this post?

I wasn't, but thank you!

[mira]

If you press the windows key and print screen in a combination then it will save the image automatically under ".../Pictures/Screenshots" which makes it far easier to access. Then in paint: Select tool, drag rectangle around table, click crop, save, upload to image sharing platform of your choice (I find imgur is easy), then type this in where you want your table:

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[img]url of image here[/img]

[zyma]

Thank you all for your advice, but I really meant to ask about how to make these kinds of tables:

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a b c
b
c

[qwed117]

Thank you all for your advice, but I really meant to ask about how to make these kinds of tables:

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a b c
b
c

Guess and check, honestly

[k1234567890y]

Thank you all for your advice, but I really meant to ask about how to make these kinds of tables:

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a b c
b
c

Guess and check, honestly

CBB does not support HTML, apparently.

[Creyeditor]

Thank you all for your advice, but I really meant to ask about how to make these kinds of tables:

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a b c
b
c

Well, the code environment uses a fixed-width font, i.e. you can count vertical and horizontal distance by counting letters and spaces. Let's say you want a table with three columns (and rows). Each column should be able to contain words with three letters. There should be a space between each column. That means that you need a width of (3+1)+(3+1)+(3+1)=12. An example could look like this. It is important to use spaces instead of tabs.

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HEA HEA HEA
123 123 123 
123 456 789
101 112 131
456 789 123 

[mira]

They should really add in some [table] BBcode stuff. Then a user could create a table like this:
[table]
[th][td rowspan=2]Heading[/td][/th]
[tr][td]a[/td][td]b[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]c[/td][td]d[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]e[/td][td]f[/td][/tr]
[/table]

That then coming out looking a bit like this:

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| Heading |
| a  | b  |
| c  | d  |
| e  | f  |

[k1234567890y]

They should really add in some [table] BBcode stuff. Then a user could create a table like this:
[table]
[th][td rowspan=2]Heading[/td][/th]
[tr][td]a[/td][td]b[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]c[/td][td]d[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]e[/td][td]f[/td][/tr]
[/table]

That then coming out looking a bit like this:

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| Heading |
| a  | b  |
| c  | d  |
| e  | f  |

we should tell the developers of phpBB to develop table codes?

[Dormouse559]

Thank you all for your advice, but I really meant to ask about how to make these kinds of tables:

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a b c
b
c

That's not too tough to make if you have a word processor. Just make a document and set a fixed-width font, like Courier.

Then decide what column widths you want/need in terms of characters. This part is the only place where you need any kind of math. Take the first entry/label from the first column and subtract its number of characters from the total characters in that column (e.g. present = 7 characters, total width = 10 characters; 10 - 7 = 3). Then type the entry and add spaces equal to the result of the subtraction (e.g. present + [3 spaces]). Repeat for each column.

For the remaining rows, you only have to type an entry, then add enough spaces to line up visually with the next column.

To post the finished table, copy-paste it between code tags on the forum. I like to preview the result before posting, just to make sure there aren't any stray spaces.

I made all my Silvish verb conjugation tables this way.

[zyma]

Spoiler:

Well, the code environment uses a fixed-width font, i.e. you can count vertical and horizontal distance by counting letters and spaces. Let's say you want a table with three columns (and rows). Each column should be able to contain words with three letters. There should be a space between each column. That means that you need a width of (3+1)+(3+1)+(3+1)=12. An example could look like this. It is important to use spaces instead of tabs.

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HEA HEA HEA
123 123 123 
123 456 789
101 112 131
456 789 123 

Spoiler:

That's not too tough to make if you have a word processor. Just make a document and set a fixed-width font, like Courier.

Then decide what column widths you want/need in terms of characters. This part is the only place where you need any kind of math. Take the first entry/label from the first column and subtract its number of characters from the total characters in that column (e.g. present = 7 characters, total width = 10 characters; 10 - 7 = 3). Then type the entry and add spaces equal to the result of the subtraction (e.g. present + [3 spaces]). Repeat for each column.

For the remaining rows, you only have to type an entry, then add enough spaces to line up visually with the next column.

To post the finished table, copy-paste it between code tags on the forum. I like to preview the result before posting, just to make sure there aren't any stray spaces.

I made all my Silvish verb conjugation tables this way.

Thanks again to everyone for the advice.

[GrandPiano]

Why is "rou" the code for the Romanian flag? Neither the English words "Romania" and "Romanian" nor the Romanian words "România" and "română" have a "u" in them.

[zyma]

Why is "rou" the code for the Romanian flag? Neither the English words "Romania" and "Romanian" nor the Romanian words "România" and "română" have a "u" in them.

According to Wikipedia, that's Romania's three-letter ISO country code, which was derived from the country's French name, "Roumanie".

[GrandPiano]

OK, that makes sense. Thanks!

[Firebird766]

Is there a rule about necroing posts? If I see a thread in the Conworlding forum I want to respond to, how long ago can the last post be?

[MrKrov]

There's not really. Just keep it pertinent.

[alynnidalar]

If you're just bumping a thread to say something like "I agree" or to respond to an argument that ended three years ago, don't do it. But if you have something of substance to add, go ahead!

[Khemehekis]

I've seen Romance-language-teaching cards where Romanian is spelt "Roumanian". Apparently it's an alternative spelling even in English.