Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: Why does adding a table border change the cell margins?

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From: Alan Mead <amead2@alanmead.org>
To: Dave Barton <db@tasit.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:49:42 -0600

> Why does adding a border to a table in Writer change the cell margins?
>
> I paste RTF tables into Writer documents a lot.  If you compare the top
> (unformatted) and bottom (borders added) tables, you can see that the
> first row and the bottom row are slightly indented the "C" in
> "Construct" and in "Cautiousness" have been moved slightly to the right
> (which has caused the word "Cautiousness" to wrap) while the other two
> rows are flush against the left border.  This looks tacky.  How to I
> prevent LO from changing the cell margin when I add borders?
>
> FWIW, here are some things I've tried.  I have no idea how to affect the
> cell margins, because if I go Table -> Borders, the "Spacing to
> contents" is all zero's.  The style of a regular table is "Table
> Contents" but changing the style to "Table Contents" has no effect. 
> Also, highlighting the text and selecting "Remove direct formatting" has
> no effect.
>
> I think you can duplicate this with a regularly-created table by
> creating the table, removing all borders, changing the spacing to
> contents to zero, then adding borders.
>
> -Alan

Your email suggests that you _may_ have attached images to your post. If
so, the list servers have removed them so we can't compare what you are
describing.

I tried unsuccessfully to duplicate the issue with LO 4.4.0.2 on Win 7
x64. Can you tell us which version of LO you are using, upload an
illustration to a file sharing service and post the link back to the list.

Dave



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