Creating Tables
Some of the most useful constructs you can format with XSL-FO are tables. A table in XSL-FO is much like one in HTML: a rectangular grid of rows and columns of cells. You can use nine formatting elements to create tables:
<fo:table-and-caption>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-column>
<fo:table-caption>
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-footer>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell>
Creating tables in XSL-FO is similar to creating tables in HTML. You create an <fo:table> element to enclose the entire table, then format each column with an <fo:table-column> element. Next, create an <fo:table-body> element to specify the table’s body. The <fo:table-body> element encloses all the <fo:table-row> elements, each of which creates a row in the table. ...
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