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 useful things that I didnt realise I needed
til I missed

For example, I completed a document recently that had almost as much
table-content as there was word content.  I wanted all of it aligned in
the same way (text in tables and edges etc) and if the aligners snap to
a specific set of points, which are ALWAYS UNIFORM, then its extremely
easy to set alignment of text.

You said you can align the text as you like now, and yes I can too, but
it allows for alignment to ANY increment... this isnt really useful I
think... I dont think anyone would want even small alignment variances,
and as I see it, I cant be sure that all of my text is aligned in this
way; I would instead need to manually enter in a left alignment amount
in the "indents and spacings" tab.

I really think it would be good if some pre-determined ruler snapping
points were implemented (or at least, implemented, and disabled by
default with the option to activate it for people such as myself) as per
ms office and abiword.

Thanks for looking at it.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370034
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