Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 62782
Add function to add directly a complete new row to at table with 1 column all cells merged vertically
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:33:03 UTC
1. Insert a table (say 4x4) 2. Merge all cells vertically in the first column (A1-A4) 3. Now if you insert a new row AFTER the last row, its first cell is automatically merged with the A1-A4 merged cell. All the three mechanisms for inserting a new row have the same result. You cannot insert a new independent row, where the A5 cell is not merged. Desired: There must be a mode where it is possible to insert a row.
P.S. There is no easy way out (as in MS Word), because Writer lacks several user-friendly features of MS Word: 1. You cannot draw a partition in a table to split it wherever you want. (Writer does not have the "pencil" and "eraser" free-edit tools for tables) 2. Suppose you want to split the first column temporarlity. But Writer does not automatically sense the number of cells in the adjoining column (as MS Word does). As a result, your split will not create cells that match the adjoining column's rows.
I checked with "2.0.1 RC5 German version WIN XP: [680m1(Build8990)]": It's not impossible, but really not easy to add a comlete new line. 1. open attached 'testyourself1.odt' 2. move Cursor directly after table 3. click symbol "Table", mark an area with 4 columns, 2 rows 4. insert table 5. click into first cell of new table 6. Click Menu "Table - Merge Table" This would be possible more intuitive and userfriendly with a solution for issue 58492
Created attachment 34589 [details] how to add row
corrected typo in summary
Ah! But even there, Writer has yet another bug that blocks this workaround: The columns of the merged tables do not unify! (see Issue 60295)
@raindrops : you are right, bedause of issue 60295 that will only work correctly if both tables have exactly the same columnd widths. To get a "complete" merge, you have to merge the existing table with a copy of itself. Afterwards you can separate cells, merge cells, delete lines until you have the desired result with one more row with 4 cells. Pls see result in 'mergewithcopy2.odt'. It works, but of cours, that's not userfriendly.
Created attachment 34592 [details] workaround
Reassigned to requirements. It should be quite useful to have a possibility to add a row without being stuck to the complex-table layout as described.