A multi-page invoice table
An invoice table, laid out across as many pages as its lines need.
Cells merged down the rows
A specification sheet whose cells are merged down the rows: each group named once beside all of its rows, with one note beside them; the thin lines stop at those cells' edges, and a note too long for the rows it covers makes them grow.
A specification sheet whose cells are merged down the rows. Each group of properties names itself once, in a cell covering all the rows of the group, and carries one note beside them in another; the rows beneath hand their cells to the columns those two leave free.
Two details make the difference between a merge that works and one that only looks merged. The thin lines between rows stop at the edges of the merged cells rather than running through them. And when a merged cell needs more room than its rows give it, every row it covers grows by the same share of what is missing, so the grid stays true.
What this example shows
- One cell covering several rows, beside the rows it names.
- Lines between rows stopping at a merged cell rather than crossing it.
- A merged cell too tall for its rows growing all of them evenly.
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