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Subject:    Re: Writer: cells in a table shift to next page rather than split at page bottom
From:       rbe <rbe () flash ! net>
Date:       2004-06-02 16:29:39
Message-ID: c9kv9h$bhl$2 () sea ! gmane ! org
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Kelvin wrote:

> Jay wrote,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Hill" <hillrodjay@excite.com>
> To: <users@openoffice.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:05 AM
> Subject: [users] Writer: cells in a table shift to next page rather
> than split at page bottom
> 
> 
>> On Microsoft's Train Simulator CD there are Microsoft(R) Word
> documentation files containing tables with some large cells. (Large
> cell meaning contains multiple lines of text.) This file gives
> difficulty in Open Office Writer, namely
> Eng_and_wag_file_reference_guide.doc.
>>
>> On page 4, a large cell is shifted to the next page and only
>> partially
> shows there. The truncated portion is not continued on the next page.
> In Word the cell starts on page 4 and continues smoothly on page 5. Is
> there a setting in Open Office for forcing cell break at the page
> break and
> continuing the cell on next page? Is this a (known) bug in OOo? 
> Actually, cell locations are also broken on page 3 where a small cell
> moves to the next page rather than split across the page boundary.
>>
>> My test environment: Microsoft Word 2002 and OOo 1.1.1 on Win2000 and
>> OOo
> 1.1.0 on PCLinuxOS. I'm using page preview in both Microsoft Word and
> OOo because some pages are landscape view.
>>
>> Thanks, Jay
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Tables cells not splitting over the page, or being limited to one
> page, is what I would consider a current design limitation and
> therefore not a bug (and is well known).
> 
> The good news is I believe this limitation is being removed in 2.0.
> 
> You may wish to try a current developer release to see if it has been
> incorporated yet. (I wouldn't use developer versions for live work
> though.)
> 
> Also to get around the issue for the moment, if you just need to view
> the information select View -> Online Layout.

This is a known bug (users consider it a bug) and is being worked on.  
You might look for the issue in Issuezilla on the openoffice.org 
website and vote for it.  I did.

-- 
Robert Black Eagle


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