Writer - Tables and row spacing question

Ken_Springer · January 4, 2012, 3:17am

I have a table with 3 columns. In the first column, I have 7 rows. Total height of the column is @5.5".

The first 6 rows are about .5" in height. The 7th row uses the remainder of the height of the table.

I want to adjust the height of all 7 rows so all of the rows are the same height but maintain the original table height of @5.5".

I thought Table>Autofit>Distribute Rows Equally would adjust all of the row heights to fit into the 5.5" height of the table. Instead, it expanded the height of the table and made all 7 rows the same as the original height of row 7. Not what I wish to do.

I want to be able to do this *after* the cells contain data, not before data is entered. This is to cover the possibility of creating X rows initially, and discovering later you actually need X+Y rows.

I have figured out how to do this before the cells have any data in them.

I've found some other "not so good" oddities about tables and modifying them, but haven't the time to troubleshoot.

Tom_Davies · January 9, 2012, 2:14pm

Hi
Ken, did you manage to evenly space the rows and columns as you wanted to?
Regards from
Tom

Ken_Springer · January 9, 2012, 3:42pm

Given the way you worded the question, it's yes and no.

Yes, I got what I wanted.

No, not the way I wanted to do it.

It seems, if you want to do the way I needed/desired to do it, can't be done. If you don't have it right to begin with, you pretty much have to keep starting over to get what you want.

Pedro_Lino · January 9, 2012, 4:07pm

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I thought Table>Autofit>Distribute Rows Equally would adjust all of the
row heights to fit into the 5.5" height of the table.

I think you found a Bug

The Autofit Columns does exactly what you expected (and in my opinion is
what Distribute Evenly means) so this odd behaviour has to be a bug.

Can you report this at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ ?

Ken_Springer · January 9, 2012, 11:27pm

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I thought Table>Autofit>Distribute Rows Equally would adjust all of the
row heights to fit into the 5.5" height of the table.

I think you found a Bug

I think you're right, Pedro! LOL And 4 or 5 more, too.

The Autofit Columns does exactly what you expected (and in my opinion is
what Distribute Evenly means) so this odd behaviour has to be a bug.

So, you tried autofiting columns and it worked as I/we expect it to?

Did you try my instructions? I'm just curious.

Can you report this at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ ?

Is this essentially the same place as reporting through the LO system?

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Pedro_Lino · January 9, 2012, 11:53pm

Ken Springer-3 wrote

So, you tried autofiting columns and it worked as I/we expect it to?

Did you try my instructions? I'm just curious.

Yes and yes. I was also puzzled that it resized the line height of the rows
in such a way that the table was expanded to several pages

Ken Springer-3 wrote

Is this essentially the same place as reporting through the LO system?

This is the LO system. You can use the nice LO form instead
https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/

Please post a link to the bug report on this topic after you have finished.

Tom_Davies · January 10, 2012, 12:14am

Hi
The freedesktop place is the link given in the guide
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
but i think the guide is quite useful even if you are fairly familiar with posting bug-reports.
Regards from
Tom

Ken_Springer · January 17, 2012, 9:27pm

Hi, Pedro,

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I thought Table>Autofit>Distribute Rows Equally would adjust all of the
row heights to fit into the 5.5" height of the table.

I think you found a Bug

The Autofit Columns does exactly what you expected (and in my opinion is
what Distribute Evenly means) so this odd behaviour has to be a bug.

Can you report this at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ ?

I finally had the time to create a Bugzilla account and file the bug.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44871

I did get a good laugh during the account creation process. I did a search on the terms "distribute rows equally", and got the result that Zarros Boogs were found.

Methinks some translations need to be looked at!!

No one needs to think I'm taking issue with anyone's English speaking ability, I'm not. I just found the words to be funny.

Pedro_Lino · January 17, 2012, 10:26pm

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I finally had the time to create a Bugzilla account and file the bug.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44871

Excellent. I took the liberty of changing the Bug title. "Tables" isn't very
clear (imagine that you are searching for your own bug). Renamed it to
"Distribute rows equally doesn't respect total table size"

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I did get a good laugh during the account creation process. I did a
search on the terms "distribute rows equally", and got the result that
Zarros Boogs were found.

Zarro Boogs is a deliberate mistake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarro_boogs

Thank you for contributing to the LO development

Regards,
Pedro

Tom_Davies · January 17, 2012, 10:51pm

Hi
Brilliant, thanks Pedro :) I really like OpenSource for this sort of thing. I'm not so keen on the recursive names such as Wine or Gnu but i like that the joke is there even if i don't happen to find it amusing myself. I always deliberately mis-type typo as tpyo jsut for the fun of it.
Regards from
Tom

Ken_Springer · January 17, 2012, 10:53pm

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I finally had the time to create a Bugzilla account and file the bug.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44871

Excellent. I took the liberty of changing the Bug title. "Tables" isn't very
clear (imagine that you are searching for your own bug). Renamed it to
"Distribute rows equally doesn't respect total table size"

Thanks. I was trying to follow the suggestions on the Bugzilla page, but I don't mind your changes at all.

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I did get a good laugh during the account creation process. I did a
search on the terms "distribute rows equally", and got the result that
Zarros Boogs were found.

Zarro Boogs is a deliberate mistake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarro_boogs

That's great! It's nice to see some people still have a sense of humor!

Thank you for contributing to the LO development

You're welcome. When I have time, I've got 4 more bugs for tables to submit. But I plan on asking the user mailing list first.

Pedro_Lino · January 17, 2012, 11:05pm

Ken Springer-3 wrote

Thanks. I was trying to follow the suggestions on the Bugzilla page,
but I don't mind your changes at all.

I see what you mean. Added the keyword TABLES in capitals to the title
(Bugzilla calls it Summary)
The idea is that the Summary clearly describes the problem AND includes the
keywords if applicable.

Ken Springer-3 wrote

When I have time, I've got 4 more bugs for tables to
submit. But I plan on asking the user mailing list first.

Give us your best shot. We can handle it

Regards,
Pedro

planas · January 17, 2012, 11:12pm

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I finally had the time to create a Bugzilla account and file the bug.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44871

Excellent. I took the liberty of changing the Bug title. "Tables" isn't very
clear (imagine that you are searching for your own bug). Renamed it to
"Distribute rows equally doesn't respect total table size"

Thanks. I was trying to follow the suggestions on the Bugzilla page, but I don't mind your changes at all.

Ken Springer-3 wrote

I did get a good laugh during the account creation process. I did a
search on the terms "distribute rows equally", and got the result that
Zarros Boogs were found.

Zarro Boogs is a deliberate mistake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarro_boogs

That's great! It's nice to see some people still have a sense of humor!

+1 - I like the explanation, there have not been found yet.