Re: [libreoffice-users] Variable field height in LO Base reports

Chad

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 19:56 -0400, Chad Neeper wrote:

> I'm investigating the feasibility of using LO Base again after a couple 
> of years have passed. I have to say that I'm very happy with the 
> progress that has been made on Base and reports since I last looked into 
> it! I hope development on it continues at a steady pace. Kudos to the devs!
>
> My first roadblock to printing the reports I need is that I can't seem 
> to find a way to make a memo or text field with a variable height. I 
> have several fields that contain anywhere from a few to hundreds of 
> characters spanning several lines. If I'm forced to create a field in 
> the report that is big enough to display all of the largest entries, 
> I'll be needlessly blowing through reams of paper. I'm sure there must 
> be a way to create a variable height field which will grow to fit the 
> data that needs to be displayed and I'm just not finding it.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
>
> Thanks!
>
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>
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>
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