[Journal] trouble figuring out tex conversion, article 166

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

The table is multi-pages and I don't think it's entirely necessary.  I
suggest restructuring that part of the document into some simple lists
or asking the author to simplify it somehow.  I'm not sure how that kind
of table could even fit in with out typical layout!

Scott Mitchell wrote:
> 
> Ok, on my first attempt at converting someone else's work in to tex for
> the journal, I'm having trouble.
> 
> I've tried multiple ways, and always I get stuck on the big table that
> is in this article.
> 
> So I've committed files to svn including the original Word documents,
> and am hoping someone can help me out.
> 
> volume_6/en-us/events/OrshovenWawer_summercourse/166-292-1-SP_rw.doc is
> the last version of the .doc file that I exchanged with the authors.
> 
> volume_6/en-us/events/OrshovenWawer_summercourse/166-292-2_tableOnly.doc
> is just the table, with a bit of clean-up already applied.
> 
> There are a couple versions of my attempts at .tex conversion in there,
> too.  I have many more, but that would just be a mess.  I have tried:
>     - creating the table by manually wrapping simple table formatting
> codes around the raw text (lead to a big mess, I think because perhaps I
> can't use an itemized list inside a table???)
>     - creating the table from scratch, using LyX (resulting in an almost
> empty table when rendered)
>     - translating the .doc into .tex using open office (resulting in a
> LOT of error messages from pdflatex, no pdf created)
>     - doing the above, and then "cleaning" out all the extra .tex
> formatting that I didn't think was necessary (leading to a different
> nonsense table).
> 
> I would love input / hand-holding to get this accomplished.  If someone
> could even create just the table for me (or tell me how), I can fill in
> the other stuff.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
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