[reportlab-users] SimpleDocTemplate Margin Problems

[Robin Becker]

Lucas Howell wrote:

> Hi All,

> 

> I'm having a problem when using the SimpleDocTemplate with Paragraphs

> that cause an unpredictable margin.

> 

> Basically I specify a margin of 0.5 inches in the Template and it

> works just fine when Table Flowables are added to the Story, but when

> I add Paragraphs (with leftIndent=0 specified) the margin is like 0.6

> inches or more.  Thus my various flowables don't line up on page

> (paragraphs have some extra mysterious indentation).  There's got to

> be some extra padding or something in the SimpleDocTemplate or

> Paragraphs that I don't know about, but everything is zeroed out, so

> it doesn't make sense.

> 

> Some example code is below:

.......

There should be no difference between paragraphs and left aligned tables. What's 
wrong is that frames have a default padding of 6pts. To fix that set the frame 
padding to 0 in your first page routine. For simplicity the SimpleDoctemplate 
class dosn't really give you much control of the page templates.



-- 
Robin Becker
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