Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Creating a table with equal sized rows

Hi,
Sorry to hear you could not make it work. And you are absolutely right,
2/3 of an inch is not a measurement that works. BTW, your column
adjustment problem comes from the setting of the table width and
alignment. Not trivial, and it requires a lot of patience.
I did manage to get the table at the required height by setting the
first 14 cells at 0.5 inch and then the next one at 3 inches (I am
assuming 15 cells with 0.5 inch margin on top and bottom). Then, I
selected the whole table and used the Table -> Size -> Distribute rows
evenly. In my version (LO 5.3.6.1 on Fedora 25), what I get is a table
where all the rows are 3 inches high instead of identical height within
the current height of the table (which I would assume it would do based
on what happens when you select distribute column width evenly).
If I come up with some brilliant scheme that works, I'll let you know.
Regards,
Rémy.
Le lundi 18 septembre 2017 à 16:01 -0600, Ken Springer a écrit :
> Hi, Remy,
>
> Before I forget this, I "regressed" to 5.2.7 to see if the
> StartCenter 
> file loading problem I found in 5.3.1.6 was solved.  I will have to 
> create some documents to know the current status.
>
> I could not get your idea to work.  In fact, I just spent 3-4 hours 
> trying to get your idea and LO's labels feature to work.  And it
> didn't. 
>   :-(
>
> This is what I am trying to do, create a page of labels to fit Avery 
> label #18294.
>
> LO's label creation cannot create a page for Avery letter sized
> labels, 
> #18294.  But neither can MS Word for Mac 2011 and Softmaker Office
> 2016 
> for Windows.  Printing on the label slowly moves lower on each label
> and 
> you get closer to the bottom of the page.  Or it moves up on the
> label.
>
> Why does it do this?  I think it's because you cannot enter the
> correct 
> size for the height of the label.  In all 3 programs you can only
> enter 
> .66" or .67" for the height.  But neither number is correct.  The
> actual 
> size of the label is two-thirds of an inch, a repeating decimal  to 
> infinity, I.E. .66666666666666666 with 6's going on forever.  So, if
> the 
> programmers formulas for calculating height is limited to 2 decimal 
> places, there is no option but to have a built-in error.
>
> It had been suggested to me, somewhere, to use a table.  And that's 
> where the problem of the extra line feed, that is unnecessary if you 
> change the program code, comes into play.
> And you end up screwing around and wasting your time with all the 
> various workarounds.
>
> Anyway, I created a frame, and sized it to fit the page margins I
> had 
> set up.  Those margins were the ones that should fit the area of the 
> sheet of labels I wish to print.  Then, I created a table inside the
> frame.
>
> I was never able to get the column widths to be correct.  In the
> Table 
> Properties, I typed in the exact dimensions of the for the columns,
> had 
> all the text offsets I could find set to 0", and then LO would
> simply 
> change the widths to whatever when I exited the dialogue.
>
> So I went to the Avery website, downloaded and installed their
> Design 
> and Print software.  In 10-15 minutes, I had a page of labels that
> fit.
>
>  From now on, it's the Avery software for me, when it comes to
> labels. 
> I am going to install the current version of Open Office, see if it
> has 
> the same problems.  :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/17/17 2:08 PM, Remy Gauthier wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > You can place the table in a frame that is set to be behind the
> > text on
> > the page (this will remove the space taken by the paragraph mark
> > after
> > the table on the page but not in the frame). Anchor the frame to
> > the
> > page, with the top at 0 cm from the text zone. Place the data in
> > your
> > table and then spread the rows evenly in the table (from the table
> > menu). By adjusting the height of your table, you should be able to
> > fit
> > it between your top and bottom margins. This is the easiest way I
> > can
> > think of, but it is not straightforward.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Rémy Gauthier.
> >
> > Le dimanche 17 septembre 2017 à 12:42 -0600, Ken Springer a écrit :
> > > Libre Office 5.3.6.1
> > >
> > > Mac OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan
> > >
> > > I've been trying to find a way to easily create a table that
> > > starts at
> > > the top margin, ends at the bottom margin, with all rows the same
> > > height, and not create a blank page at the end of the document.
> > >
> > > Can this be done?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Ken
> > > Mac OS X 10.11.6
> > > Firefox 53.0.2  (64 bit)
> > > Thunderbird 52.0
> > > "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
> > >        and it's gone!"
>
>
> -- 
> Ken
> Mac OS X 10.11.6
> Firefox 53.0.2  (64 bit)
> Thunderbird 52.0
> "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
>        and it's gone!"
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