[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 113604] Optimal column width of table in Writer is cumbersome and not persistent

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113604

csongor at halmai.hu changed:

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--- Comment #10 from csongor at halmai.hu ---
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use case showing when automatic readjustment of column withs would destroy the
precisely adjusted layout

I add an attachment now to illustrate what kind of use case I was referring to. 

Let's say a teacher, who creates work sheets for their student and uses many
images for illustrations, they can adjust the images manually, like the
attachment shows. They create the document at 11pm in the evening, print them
for the next morning and probably never use the same document again. 

For them, this manual positioning is the most straightforward way (please
correct me if there is a better one). If a small change like "R" => "r" in this
example, would adjust the columns slightly and would destroy the precise
alignment between the umbrealla and the letter J then quite likely they would
realise it only after printing or maybe the next day. This would cause
frustration for them.

As there is no better way to define relative positions in a nicer way, they
don't have other choice than reviewing the whole document continuously.


I'm not saying LO should never reposition anything. I just showed an example
where this can be different what the user wants.

Cut a long story short, I think the user may need two things:
- adjust the column width to be optimal according to their current content
- permanently keep the column withs optimal

Now LO has the first functionality and doesn't have the second one. I think we
should keep the existing menu item and we should introduce a new checkbox in
the table propertise called "Keep column widths optimal".

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