Hi - What happens if you select the whole table. Click on the bottom of the table and hold dragging up or down? Does that work for you?
Best Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 19, 2017, at 8:35 PM, Dayvid Artman <drart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't disagree with your jist. I simple clicked on the link for feedback > and provided some. I only referenced MS because I have some experience with > that through a past employer, and it seems to function as I suspect this > was supposed to. But apparently that link was just in fun, because I have > been barraged with emails telling me that I should not have sent it, some > of them extremely demeaning and even vulgar. > > > > On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:25 PM, larry phillips < > phillipslar...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > >> I find it slightly amusing that people get something for free and then >> choose to complain >> that it doesn't have all the bells and whistles that they want or they >> might have to take an extra step to >> do a function. I find Microsquish every complicated and expensive. Every >> time they come out with a new >> verson it is a sales tool for the office suite Larry Phillips >> -------------------------------------------- >> On Sat, 6/17/17, Dayvid Artman <drart...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Subject: Open Office Writer Critique >> To: users@openoffice.apache.org >> Date: Saturday, June 17, 2017, 5:09 PM >> >> First of all, it is annoying and seems a bit >> arrogant to force me to open >> my email in your browser to send this >> message when I already have my email >> open in a different browser. I also >> don't like the fact that said browser >> removes (or at least hides from me) my >> signature stored in the email >> service. But those are not the reason >> for the message. >> >> You have a function for working with >> tables that seems to have no useful >> purpose, but the title given to it >> would be quite useful, and there doesn't >> seem to be any way to actually do what >> the name of the function implies. >> Microsoft Word has a function with >> nearly the exact same name, and it >> functions as the name suggests and is >> very handy. >> >> The function in question is >> “Distribute Rows Equally”, and it is found >> under the “Table” menu in the >> “Autofit” sub-menu. I read the Help on that >> topic, and it functions exactly as >> described, but for no benefit that I can >> imagine. The similar “Distribute >> Columns Evenly” operates nearly identical, >> different only in that it is limited by >> the page size, while rows are not. >> >> What the function does in make every >> column (or row) match the largest one >> in the selection. I can do that in >> several different ways without using >> this function, and the name does not >> suggest that such will be the outcome. >> It isn't “distributing” anything, >> it is simply expanding each row to the >> size of the largest. What I want to do >> (and what the name implies what and >> Microsoft does) is distribute the rows >> equally or evenly within the area of >> the rows selected. The final table >> would occupy no more, no less, but >> exactly the same space as the original, >> but the spacing of the rows would >> all be the same. >> >> This supports providing as much space >> or as large a font as practical while >> keeping a consistent look and staying >> (for example) on one page. There is >> no easy way to do this that I know of >> without a command such as this. I >> must somehow measure the total space >> that I want the finished table to >> occupy, then manually divide that by >> the number of rows I want, and then >> size each one to that size. Given >> certain scenarios, one could do that last >> step en mass, but the first two steps >> are cumbersome and tedious. The >> computer could do that in a moment, >> just as quickly as it does what it does >> now, but with far more benefit. >> >> I strongly urge the team at Apache to >> consider making this design change. >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ >> source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >> Virus-free. >> www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ >> source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >> <#m_2364816453849307028_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
