Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with table in a table

Brian Barker has written on 6/12/2014 4:25 AM:
> At 03:40 12/06/2014 -0400, Pikov Andropov wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up 3x5 grid in a document. Each element of the 
> > grid is a table.
>
> I'm hoping that by "grid" you also mean "table".
>
> > I succeeded in creating the grid and the first table. Now I would 
> > like to copy that table into each position of the rest of the grid. 
> > [...] I do not get what I want. What is the correct procedure for doing this?
>
> I think the problem occurs only if you have nothing before the nested 
> table in the outer table cell. Here's a workaround:
> o Put something before your nested table in the outer table cell: an 
> empty paragraph will do. If you have already created your nested 
> table, you can do this by putting the cursor at the beginning of its 
> top left cell and pressing Alt+Enter.
> o Copy the whole cell of the outer table, including the nested table 
> - not just the nested table itself. You can do this by dragging 
> across the cell, using Table | Select > | Cells, using Edit | Select 
> All, or pressing Ctrl+A (with the cursor inside the cell but outside 
> the nested table).
> o Copy and paste as necessary.
> o Delete the extraneous empty paragraphs.

Thanks, Brian. That did the trick.

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