Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about tables

Brian Barker has written on 7/4/2014 1:55 PM:
> At 13:22 04/07/2014 -0400, Pikov Andropov wrote:
> > I created a 2 x 2 table in an LO doc. In the upper left cell, I 
> > created an 8 x 14 table and filled in all its headings, etc. I 
> > thought that if I then selected that table and Edit > copy, I could 
> > Edit > Paste it into another cell. BUT, only one line gets pasted. 
> > Does that mean I have to create the table manually in each of the other cells?
>
> No. If you select the inner table, you effectively select all its 
> contents, and when you paste that into a table cell, the contents of 
> those cells are - as far as possible - distributed between existing 
> cells of that table. This is not what you want, of course.
>
> Instead, you need to select not the inner table but the cell of the 
> outer table containing it. I think that in order to do this you need 
> to have something - even just an empty paragraph - outside the inner 
> table and before it. Then you can select the cell of the outer table 
> either by dragging the cursor, or using Edit | Select All (or 
> Ctrl+A), or using Table | Select > | Cells. Once you have this 
> selection, you can copy it and paste it with the effect you desire.
>
> If you have nothing before the inner table, you can add something in 
> order to effect the copy and remove it afterwards, of course. You 
> cannot add an empty paragraph simply by pressing Enter, as you cannot 
> position the cursor where it would need to be to achieve this. 
> Instead, put the cursor at the very beginning of the first cell of 
> the inner table and press Alt+Enter.
>
> I trust this helps.

Indeed it does!! Thanks so much!

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