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<DIV>Hello Axel,</DIV>
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<DIV>Yes, I need the borders, it's part of the format of the thing (of course the arabic numerals I have added for convenience).</DIV>
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<DIV>I will try these suggestions, thank-you!</DIV>
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<DIV>K<BR><BR>>>> Axel Kielhorn <a.kielhorn@web.de> 26/10/2009 1:45 pm >>><BR><BR>Am 26.10.2009 um 18:09 schrieb Karljurgen Feuerherm:<BR><BR>> Hi<BR>><BR>> I'm typesetting the Code of Hammurapi for my class. It features very <BR>> long columns which should be formatted in newspaper style (get to <BR>> bottom of page, start at top of next column; repeat on subsequent <BR>> pages as necessary).<BR>><BR>> Evidently tabular won't wrap across columns, and I'd prefer for <BR>> obvious reasons not to have to insert manual breaks.<BR>><BR>> What's my best/simplest bet for doing this? Current code below (the <BR>> cuneiform won't show up of course unless you have an appropriate <BR>> font). Sample of what it looks like attached (assuming attachments <BR>> get through...)<BR>><BR>> (Side-bonus: if the empty first box--above "26" and to the left of <BR>> "§1" could not have borders, and likewise below, that would be nice <BR>> too.)<BR>><BR>> Thanks!<BR><BR>Do you really need the borders?<BR>If you want to get rid of the top left border use<BR>\cline{2} instead of the first \hline<BR>and<BR>\multicolumn{1}{c|}{}<BR>instead of the \mbox{}<BR><BR>(Not tested, I'm lacking the wood to build a scaffolding for your <BR>snipped.)<BR><BR>You could use a list environment like itemize to brake the table into <BR>paragraphs, reducing \itemsep for a tighter look.<BR><BR>\begin{itemize}<BR>\itemsep 0pt %<BR>\item[\begin{turn}{90}{26}\end{turn}] \LARGE{???? ?????? ??????}<BR>\end{itemize}<BR><BR>I'm not sure about the environment in the optional argument, you may <BR>need to use a \rotatebox instead. (And I'm not sure whether that will <BR>work with xdvipdfmx.)<BR><BR>If you want the borders around the cuneiform, you can put them into a <BR>\framebox[]{}<BR><BR>If you want to stick with tables, there is supertabular, that should <BR>work.<BR><BR>Axel<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>