Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 60294
In vertically merged table cells last para and first para of next cell become one paragraph
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
Summary: When table cells belonging to the same column are merged (vertically), the last paragraph of the upper cell gets appended to the first paragraph of the lower cell. The formatting/style (bullet/paragraph) of the first paragraph of the lower cell gets lost. The user has two recourses, both unpleasant: 1. Place the curson at the end of the upper cell (or in the beginning of the lower cell), and press ENTER. After this, merge the cell. Note that if the upper cell contains a bulletted list at the end, pressing ENTER will create a new bulletled item (with a blank line). This extra bullet might confuse the user as to what to do with it; but it vanishes when the cells are merged. 2. Merge the cells, and then separate the lines that got mixed up. You have to re-format the first paragraph of the second cell afresh. ******** Desired behavior: Alow the user to merge cells without affecting the lines. At least, give a user-selectable option to separate the two cells' contents with a linefeed.
Created attachment 33085 [details] Sample document to demonstrate problem
MRU->FME: see attached sample, merge the filled cells vertically -> the last and the first paragraph of the follow cell will be merged together When there are more than one paragraph in a cell, I do not think, that it is the expected result. If there are two cells with only one paragraph in each, this may be desired...
Raindrops -> MRU IMHO even if the table has a single paragraph in each cell, merging may NOT be desired by the author. Typical examples: 1. Both cells have bulleted lists. In that case, two list items will get merged. 2. The first cell has a paragraph, and the second cell has a bulleted list. 3. The cells have bulleted lists with two different styles/levels. So as I said, it is better to give a toggle-able control to the user. (Either in the Program options; or in the dialog's own options.)