Multiple Tables In Writer Document

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#1

In my experience,
          if you set these before inserting them, then they should follow
the same set-up;
         but if you insert them then wish to change them, you'll have to do
so manually per item.

       Otherwise, you would never be able to have differing ones in any
document :wink:

#2

Thanks for the reply, but that's sad. I'm using the tables to format the
document and need columns to align. Having to touch each table every time
the format changes is a real bummer.

#3

Hi :slight_smile:
I wonder if there is a "Style" for that sort of thing?

Chapter 3 in the "Getting Started Guide";
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#4

Hi Tom,

I’ve looked at styles and it’s not possible to modify table properties such as column widths using styles. There are Page, Paragraph and Character styles but no Table styles.

Thanks for the suggestion,
Steve

#5

It is a pity you can't use a variable field in the formatting dialogues. That could be useful in a range of places.

#6

Hi :slight_smile:
Is this becoming something that could be posted as a "feature request"?

It does sound like something that could be really useful and i'm surprised
no-one has thought of it before. Perhaps they have and made an Extension?
I doubt that too tbh.
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#7

Hi folks,

I got probably an idea. If you do an continuous table which could fill several
linked text frames, so you would change for example column size in the first
frame and it would affect the size of that column through out every frame.

Two points must be taken in consideration:

1- If header are the same throughout all tables. I do not know if all column
headers would be the same or different. If they are the same I do not know if
the item "repeat table header in next page" considers a change in frames equal
to a change in page. If not just repeat manually headers in next frame. The
downfall with this is if you add more data to the starting table you must
either increase the frame or reorganize all tables manually through the text.

2- Hiding tha fact that the table is an continuous among frames and table isn
included in an frame. If header repeating does not work or you headers are
different you could hide the continuity among frames just by not applying
line. Cell frame can also be invisible by not applying borders.

Well hope it helps.

Regards,

Ralf