{"id":817,"date":"2021-03-22T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isis-papyrus.com\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2021-03-22T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:17:21","slug":"episode-4-choose-the-right-table-for-your-business-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isis-papyrus.com\/blog\/episode-4-choose-the-right-table-for-your-business-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 4: Choose the right table for your business requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Using a table is the solution for a lot of challenges in business correspondence: tables as design elements, for structuring text and for presenting dynamic data. This episode gives a brief introduction to the variety of table types from which you can choose in Papyrus Business Designer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the design of a business document, you will often have to insert a table into your product offer or insurance contract. In Papyrus Business Designer<\/strong>, you can pick the table type that best fits your purpose. All of the tables in Business Designer can be designed without support from the IT department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Intuitive tables in texts<\/h3><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When your document needs a static table <\/strong>with customized formatting, go ahead and design professionally looking tables in the text building block editor, defining size type and color of borders and shadings in an intuitive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip:<\/strong> Tables in text building blocks are also a convenient way to arrange text for designing a form with input fields. You may also hide the visual table grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dynamic tables with variables<\/h3><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your document needs a table with dynamic content, such as a table of insurance products, create a dynamic table<\/strong> building block where you define a table containing variables that will be populated by incoming data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dynamic table is a distinct reusable building block, which can be designed in language variants.<\/p>\n\n\n

Complex tables with variables, totals, and subtotals<\/h3>\n

Often, a business document like an insurance offer will have a table where insurance premiums are automatically calculated, giving also subtotals and totals, in combination with dynamic data for variables.<\/p>\n

In Business Designer, the predefined table design building block is best suited for building complex and robust tables<\/strong> that feature dynamic page break handling with headers, footers, totals and subtotals.<\/p>\n

And what about a Table of Contents?<\/h3>\n

Business documents such as insurance offers may have a section with insurance policies that require a Table of Contents (TOC)<\/strong>. The predefined table of contents design building block makes it easy to insert a TOC into your document.<\/p>\n

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Tip:<\/strong> Using the\u00a0Table of Contents<\/strong> building block, you can also insert a Table of Figures or even a Table of Tables into your business correspondence.<\/p>\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a variety of tables<\/strong> to choose from in Business Designer, you find the right one for all of your business requirements: easy-to-define tables with numerous formatting options in text building blocks, reusable table building blocks for dynamic data and complex table structures, as well as Table of Contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about working with tables in Business Designer, see the Papyrus user documentation or register for our Papyrus Correspondence \/ Business Designer workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

Read more from our Tips & Tricks series on Papyrus Business Designer:<\/h3>\n