[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 136969] New: Table Borders Needs Something Similar to Word

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136969

            Bug ID: 136969
           Summary: Table Borders Needs Something Similar to Word
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.4.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: patrickskelton at gmail.com

Description:
I have just about weaned myself off Word and onto Libre Writer. The one thing I
can't get round is how hard it is to put custom borders around cells.

A common scenario for me is to use two thicknesses of border. I will use the
thickest to go round the whole table and to separate the top-row and
left-column 'titles' from the 'values' area of the table. In Word, I simply
select the whole table and apply the thinner border to every cell and then I
use the Draw Table tool to apply the thicker borders by clicking individual
lines I want to go thicker. Try as I might, I can't figure out how to do this
in Writer.

The problem I am having is that, when I go to apply the thicker borders, it
'wipes out' any thinner borders I have already applied to a cell.

One easy way to do it might be to have an option where every subsequent border
applied to a cell is applied either as an addition or a subtraction from what
is there - a bit like masks in programs like GIMP. Though I don't think even
this would be anywhere near as easy to use as the Word way of doing things.



Steps to Reproduce:
Please see description above.

Actual Results:
Unable to achieve custom patterns of borders in table cells.

Expected Results:
Though I hate to say it, it is hard to see how you could beat the MS Word way
of doing this.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Maybe it would need a video to fully describe what I mean.

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