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Subject:    KWord Table Handling Is Strange
From:       Irwin <emerald-arcana () rogers ! com>
Date:       2002-05-28 4:16:19
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I find that Tables in KWord behave very strangely.  This is the first time 
I've ever tried KWord for a real project and this has me very wary with the 
application at the moment.

I do come from an MS/Corel WSYWIG way of doing things, so that may influence 
my opinion.  However, frankly, Corel and Microsoft must have done SOMETHING 
right to have had people pay for their products.

The following entries are made in my notebook.  Note that I don't really have 
a real solution, just suggestions of problems.


- -KWord observations with table-handling:

1) Table menu doesn't allow you to create a table.  (You have to go to 
"Insert" instead).
2) Click on table: you cannot use the table menu.  You must highlight a cell.  
Not intuitive.
3) Resize columns/rows: there is no "dotted line" indicating where the cell 
boundaries will move to such a feature exists in Core Wordperfect and 
Microsoft Word).
4) Right-click on a table does not bring up table properties.  (You must 
highlight a cell first).
5) Move mouse over a cell border: finger pointer appears.  You can only 
highlight the cell above and to the left of the cursor.  You cannot drag the 
borders (as Wordperfect/Word users may be used to doing).  

I personally find that the Wordperfect way of handling tables is much more 
intuitive.  It allows you to drag to resize table borders with the mouse.  
When you are within a small amount of space from the border on the right and 
to the bottom (but not on it), you can highlight the entire cell.  There are 
shadowed borders and tooltip measurement popups to indicate what the results 
of your drag and drop action will be.
- -- 
- -- Irwin 
(Arcana)
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