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title="NEW - Optimal column width of table in Writer is cumbersome and not persistent"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113604#c8">Comment # 8</a>
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title="NEW - Optimal column width of table in Writer is cumbersome and not persistent"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113604">bug 113604</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:christianw_lehmann@arcor.de" title="Christian Lehmann <christianw_lehmann@arcor.de>"> <span class="fn">Christian Lehmann</span></a>
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<pre>To Csongor:
It does not seem excluded that something like my suggestion for refurbish the
entire table management will be adopted in a future version of LO. Then that
would include a simple solution for selecting portions of a table and applying
anything to them. And sure enough, these latter actions should be accessible by
right-click menus.
As long as this presupposition is not fulfilled, any interim solution which
requires less key hitting or button clicking is fine.
However, I would insist on two things:
1) If one wants optimal column width, then the default is to want it for an
entire table. I cannot even imagine a sensible scenario where I would require
it for only a subset. Suppose that applying optimal column width to the entire
table produces a result that does not appeal to me. Then it suffices to drag
the disturbing vertical borders to the side, which I would have to do, anyway.
And in particular, applying optimal column width only to one cell should not
even be offered, as this would imply table distortions à la MS Word.
2) Optimal column width is a permanent property of a table until the user
resets it. It remains in vigor after editing the cells. Again, I cannot imagine
a scenario where I would want optimal column width for the present content of
my table, but not for a changed table content.</pre>
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