Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Multiple Tables In Writer Document

Hi Tom,

My platform is OS X.  I only use Mac or Linux and avoid Windows like the plague.

Yes.  I know that ODF is basically just a zip file.

Steve



> On Mar 18, 2015, at 5:12 PM, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi :)  
> Did you let us know which Operating System?  Is it Windows 7?  or could you let us know just the 
> platform, such as Windows, Linux, Mac or BSD?  
>
>
> Yes, this is no good as a long-term solution to your particular requirements - but it might be a 
> good temporary work-around for right now giving you time to look into other ways of doing the 
> job.    
>
> Just a bit of brain-storming ... 
> *  Would Base's Forms or Reports be a better way of doing this?  
> *  How about using html? 
> *  If there is not much text between tables then Calc might be useful and much simpler.  
> *  Might it be possible to work on the xml inside the .Odt container format?  [1]
> *  In CV Alkan's answer does Ctrl x (or other way of doing a "Cut") have the same effect and can 
> the contents of the table then be pasted into a new table without altering it's layout?  
> *  Again, could Frank's method be adapted using Ctrl Shift v (or other way of doing "paste 
> special") to paste and does that neatly replace the original table with the new layout?  
>
> [1] You know that if you rename the file-ending from .odt to .zip then you can open it as a 
> zip-file.  Inside there are some folders and xml files and things.  Of course it is usually best 
> to create a copy of the original file and do the renaming and other work on the back-up jic 
> something goes wrong while you experiment with it.  
>
> Regards from 
> Tom :)  
>
>
>  
>
> On 18 March 2015 at 19:30, fang <steve@harpservices.com <mailto:steve@harpservices.com>> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> That’s interesting and useful but this is a dynamic document.  Tables may have  to be changed 
> frequently without deleting content.
>
> Thanks for the reply,
> Steve
>
>
> > On Mar 18, 2015, at 3:25 PM, CVAlkan [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] 
> > <ml-node+s969070n4143666h53@n3.nabble.com <mailto:ml-node%2Bs969070n4143666h53@n3.nabble.com>> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi -
> >
> > The way I do this is to simply copy the table I want to mimic. Table | Select | Table | Ctrl+C
> >
> > Then paste it at the location I want. Ctrl+V
> >
> > Then select the pasted table. Table | Select | Table
> >
> > Then press the Delete key. You might think this would delete the table, but it just deletes the 
> > contents, leaving styles, backgrounds, borders and things all the same. It will also keep the 
> > repeat rows for header property as well.
> >
> > For tables that will repeat a lot, thia is much easier. It would be nice to have table styles, 
> > but I personally would rather have the developers working on the serious regression bugs that 
> > exist.
> >
> > I hope this makes life a little easier.
> >
> > Frank
> >
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