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Re: Possible bug in V8: Grid with TextCell

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  • Subject: [mg115084] Re: Possible bug in V8: Grid with TextCell
  • From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:13:27 -0500 (EST)
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P.S.  A workaround is to set a fixed PageWidth parameter and to adjust
the grid item sizes to the needed size.

On Dec 29, 5:57 am, Carlos C=E9sar de Ara=FAjo
<c... at gregosetroianos.mat.br> wrote:
> Please, take a look at the following image showing a cell with text and
> graphics side by side:
>
> http://www.gregosetroianos.mat.br/Mathematica/TextGraphics.gif
>
> Below I show the basic template involved. It used to work in V6 and V7. I
> was disappointed to see that this is not the case anymore in V8 (Trial
> version).
>
> text = StringJoin@Table["bla, ", {180}];
>
> textCell = TextCell[text, "Text", FontFamily -> "Times",
> TextJustification->1];
>
> graphics = Framed@Graphics[{}];
>
> Grid[{{textCell, graphics}},
>  Alignment -> Top]
>
> Is it possible to achieve the older result in V8? Any workaround?
> --
> Atenciosamente,
>
> Carlos C=E9sar de Ara=FAjo
> Gregos & Troianos Educacionalwww.gregosetroianos.mat.br
> Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
> (31) 3283-1122



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