Re: [libreoffice-users] Where to post improvement suggestions?

On 2015-12-02 06:50, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 08:37 01/12/2015 -0700, Junper Noname wrote:
> > Where should I post a suggestion that would improve LibreOffice?
>
> You can suggest enhancements at the web site; start at 
> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/feedback/ . But it is very 
> sensible to discuss ideas here first - as you have done - since you 
> may find both that something of what you need already exists and that 
> others can contribute to your suggested improvements.
>
> > This is about tables in Writer. I went about to create a calendar out 
> > of a table to mark the holidays in December when I noticed how 
> > difficult it was to format the size of table and cells. I feel that 
> > not being able to set width of all cells to an exact number is not good.
>
> You can do this.
>
> o If you create an empty table that fills the text width between page 
> margins, the width of all cells will be equal.
>
> o Providing Alignment (on the Table tab of the Table Format dialogue) 
> is not set to Automatic (which you can change after the table is 
> created), you can tick "Adjust columns proportionally" on the Columns 
> tab. If you then use the "Column width" boxes on that tab to change 
> widths, they will all change in step.
>
> o Select relevant columns of your table and go to right-click | Column 
> > | Space Equally.
>
> o Select relevant columns of your table and go to Table | Autofit > | 
> Distribute Columns Evenly.
>
> These last two techniques can be used either for all columns or for 
> some columns only.
>
> > What I had to do is figure out initial width that would fit my needs, 
> > multiply by column count, set the table to that calculated width and 
> > finally space out column width evenly. It would make a lot of sense 
> > for the computer to make the calculations and adjust both cell and 
> > table width.
>
> Which of the above techniques did you miss? See "column widths in 
> tables" in the help text. All of this is also explained in Chapter 9 
> of the Writer Guide - also available from the web site.
Although not relevant to the original posters situation, I would like to 
see a columns tab under the table dialogue that lists the column widths 
where you can type in the width of each column. I frequently have to 
tweek tables by stealing width from one column to give to another spaced 
a number of columns away and without changing table width or other 
column widths. It is quite cumbersome at present. Possibly I am 
manipulating columns incorrectly and this can already be achieved easily 
enough.
Steve

> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker


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