Yes I know what you mean about using the format table dialog, but it is
substantially more difficult than simply snapping the alignment arrows
(sorry, I dont know their proper name) on the ruler.
If you have a look as MS office or Abiword, they implement this and its
very useful (one of those
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26190151/Dependencies.txt
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No ruler snapping in Writer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370034
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Binary package hint: openoffice.org
By default, the grey alignment arrows on the ruler do not snap to
their next position: instead, they have complete freedom of movement.
This makes it near-on impossible to ensure that seperated tables in the
same document, are correctly