A common hurdle to overcome in pen table design is the resymbolization of cells and shared cells. Without careful input criteria choices, cells and shared cells can be affected twice by the pen table — once by inheriting output actions applied to the cell header, and again due to direct manipulation of the component element. This can easily lead to unexpected pen table behavior.

To address this issue, you have the ability to choose whether you wish to treat cells and shared cells as single units or as individual elements. When they are treated as a single unit, only the cell header is processed by the pen table; all of its children inherit any output actions applied to the header. When they are treated as individual elements, the cell header is ignored by the pen table.

To treat the components of cells or shared cells as individual elements, check the appropriate option.

• Explode cells — If this check box is on, cells are treated as individual elements.
• Explode shared cells — If this check box is on, shared cells are treated as individual elements.