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Table Strokes width and tint

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    • December 29, 2014 at 5:07 pm #72436
      whatever whateverr
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      Hi, could anyone help me with a very basic issue, please?
      I’ve been trying to create a table for ages and hoped to change all of the strokes (border + cells) to thinner ones with lower tint (which I hope is like Opacity in PS). Selected the entire table and changed it both in Table Options and Cell Options because just one didn’t affect the whole table. No matter what I do though, in the final picture some of the strokes are of slightly different width or shade, especially visible after zooming.
      I am a total beginner, what is my mistake, please?

      Photo here: https://imgur.com/QakK82b

    • December 30, 2014 at 8:37 am #72447
      Dwayne Harris
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      I personally never use the rule in table options and set it to zero. Then I select all the cells and apply my rule and weight to that.

      Does it print correctly? Have you exported as a PDF and checked that? I know I’ve had instances where on-screen my table seems to have different weight rules, but when I zoom in at a high percentage they look okay. And they print okay.

    • December 30, 2014 at 3:34 pm #72460
      whatever whateverr
      Member

      Thank you VERY much, Dwayne. You were absolutely right – must be just an issue when viewing in the computer because in print everything turned out to be just like I hoped. :)

      • December 30, 2014 at 4:06 pm #72461
        Dwayne Harris
        Member

        Hey whatever–I’m glad I was able to help. Sometimes the view on screen gets wacky. I’ve had half point rules below a chapter number that looks fine on one chapter, but 10 pages later it looks wrong. But it was fine. It is more common with tables (at least in my experience).

        But–it never hurts to double-check.

        Have a happy new year!

    • December 31, 2014 at 1:28 pm #72478
      whatever whateverr
      Member

      Guess I should learn to implement a more relaxed method and try to print stuff before I spend 50.000 hours googling :).

      Happy new year to you as well!

      • December 31, 2014 at 2:36 pm #72480
        Dwayne Harris
        Member

        Well, at least you know for next time :)

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