[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 53359] New: : Formatting: Writer should not extend table colums to size of database field name in form letters

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53359

             Bug #: 53359
           Summary: : Formatting: Writer should not extend table colums to
                    size of database field name in form letters
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 3.6.0.4 release
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
 Status Whiteboard: BSA
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: vimr at arcor.de


Created attachment 65409
  --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=65409
screenshot of current behaviour

Problem description: 
When creating form letters from database where column names are long and
descriptive, writer expands the columns and rows of table to make the names
visible.

The problem is, that all other stuff after the table will be displaced, it is
moved backwards. But its not like "What you see is what you get". The form
letter will not look like i designed it. It makes hard to create such form
letters.


Current behavior:
See attached screen shot (CurrentBehaviour.jpg).

Expected behavior:
Do it like in the spreadsheet (see screen shot spreadsheet.jpg). The
spreadsheet does not expand the column or the row, it shows a little red
triangle to show that there is a long name.

Platform (if different from the browser): 

Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/14.0.1

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