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

Hi, Rémy,

While this works if all you need is the table, my purpose was to have a 
table that would overlay a particular label, the Avery #18294.  Which 
would require more steps than your table requires.

Assuming the page is preset for the correct margins, the #18294 table 
would require 7 columns, of which 4 columns have one width, and 3 would 
require a different width, with the frame anchored to the upper left 
corner margin.  So you would enter the width of each column manually.

I would ask myself, why would I want to go to all that work just to use 
LO to accomplish the task, when all that work is automatically done by 
the Avery software?  <G>

The Avery software also lets you save your labels as a PDF file.  I've 
not experimented, but if you had a table to create, and there was a 
label layout that met your needs, maybe you could enter the data into 
Avery software, save as a PDF, then import the PDF into your LO document.

If the info in the table would need to be updated fairly regularly, the 
Avery option might not be the best solution.

I do know there are a couple other label product numbers that have the 
same size and layout of the labels, but the problem would still exist 
there.  Two-thirds of a inch is two-thirds of an inch.

It's all about knowing the software available, and what you can do with 
the software on the computer, in order to get the job done as quickly 
and efficiently as possible.


On 9/19/17 5:33 PM, Remy Gauthier wrote:
> Hi again,
> I don't know if this works for the Avery pre-cut labels #18294, but I
> was able to get the layout I was looking for like this and, added
> advantage, LO does the sizing for me:
> 1) Insert a frame, anchored to the page2) Place the frame in the center
> of the page, at so many inches, cm, points from the top of the page3)
> Insert a 1 row, 1 column table in the frame4) Set the row height to 10
> inches5) Set the column width to 7 inches6) Reset the position of the
> frame to have it sit at the correct place on the page7) Split the table
> vertically into 4 columns8) Split the table horizontally into 15 rows
> in equal proportions
> I hope this helps.
> Rémy.


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