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<?tbprescan>
Description
Use this command to force PTC ALD to conduct a prescan of a document for table information. The prescan usually happens as a default when PTC ALD is processing Version 2 tables but if a user has specified the number of columns, and their widths, via the version 1 lump style attribute or a <?tbcoln> / <?tbcolw> combination the prescan is skipped to save processing time. As such the prescan will need to be forced.
A table prescan will also need to be forced if footers are used in the table, since PTC ALD uses the prescan to pick up their start position.
Syntax
<?tbprescan code:o>
code
0
Do not carry out prescan
1
Carry out prescan
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