https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84861.aspxWed, 28 Nov 2012 23:16:52 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:84861Patrick Halstead0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84861.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=84861<p>Hi SC and welcome!</p><p>Short answer: right click on your tables select table properties and make sure the cell padding is set to 0.</p><p>Longer answer ...</p><p>InfoPath uses XML which is great for the following reasons:</p><ol><li>Structured data that can be searched</li><li>Client side validation using XML data schema, restrictions and other constraints</li><li>Supports Web services integration without having to write code </li><li>Industry standard format</li></ol><p>To display the XML data on the screen, InfoPath uses XSLT to transform the XML into HTML.</p><p>This is far easier than embedding two-dimensional layout information in the form template since it relies on existing open standards (as opposed to proprietary conversion from two-dimensional coordinates to XML data and back again.</p><p>Two dimensional layout engines (like Adobe, etc.) do not natively support XML for the opposite reason - they were built using proprietary layout technology and so any XML support is an afterthought and not true, native, run-time support. </p><p>HTML can be used to create high fidelity views and web pages. Certainly, you can create tables that line up well - just remember to set all cell padding to 0 and you won&#39;t have embedded table messiness - everything will line up.&nbsp; </p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84851.aspxWed, 28 Nov 2012 19:55:10 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:84851schatzibny0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84851.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=84851<p>Hello, and thank you for existing so I have a place to ask my question!</p><p>I am brand new to Infopath, and am not sure if it is the right choice for my current project.&nbsp; I have a pre-printed medical form that I need people to be able to print to, but the fields on the form do not line up in a neat table.&nbsp; Would Infopath accomodate free-form placement of fields, rather than only in a table?&nbsp; We previously used OmniForm until its demise, and wonder if maybe Infopath isn&#39;t quite right for this...</p><p>Thank you!<br /></p><p>-SC</p>