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tabOO

Enhanced Tabular and Text Special Effects

Completely rewritten update from SpecTab. All the features of SpecTab but with extended border shapes (not just straight rules), EPS On-The-Fly generation; 'Template' tables - constructing a 'master' table using T*-specs and inline macros, then other tables can use those composed values to define a 'slave' table;'Ghost' tables - similar to Template tables but there is no output, instead, the composed table can be used as a test-bed, so that 'slave' tables can utilise the ghost table's composed results.

Available August 2026

Server license

$7,500

Site license

$15,000

SpecTab

Tabular Special Effects

Perl module and macro package (includes rbox2 and rbox3). Draw rules, boxes or text anywhere in, on or around tables, rows, columns and cells - even within a cell. No limit to the number of items that can be drawn!.

Available

Server license

$5,000

Site license

$10,000

rbox3

Drawing package

Macro and PostScript package for drawing jaw-dropping backgrounds, boxes and rules. Color-to-color graduation tints. Any CMYK color to any CMYK color (not restricted to XPP color spec values). Axial, Radial, Logarithmic and Tensor Patch (multiple color zones, graduating from one zone to other zones). Border and Corner shapes impossiblewithin XPP without rbox3.

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Server license

Site license