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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 4 10:48:35 +0000
2008 -------
kfen->ama&jkaufmann
I think jkaufmann has a valid point with his reference to an underlying grid
structure. Our background is in structured (XML) publishing, and the table
models there (XHTML or CALS) are based on a grid structure.
A table like the example from ama (repeated here) can only be interpreted on
a 7-column base:
+----------+------------+--------+
| A1 | A3 | A7 |
+--------+-+----------+-+--------+
| B1 | B2 | B6 |
+--------+-+-+------+-+-+--------+
| C1 | C4 | C5 |
+--------+-+-+------+---+--------+
The advantage (at least for our purposes) is that merging cells can
be reversed in such a way that we can return to the underlying grid
structure. With the oo table model this seems not to work in all cases
for horizontal splits. Do the following:
----------------
| A1 | B1 | C1 |
----------------
| A2 | B2 | C2 |
----------------
| A3 | B3 | C3 |
----------------
Merge a1:b1, change width of col A (result after that step)
----------------
| A1:B1 | C1 |
----------------
|A2| B2 | C2 |
----------------
|A3| B3 | C3 |
----------------
Split a1:b1 again, result after that step
----------------
| A1 | B1 | C1 |
----------------
|A2| B2 | C2 |
----------------
|A3| B3 | C3 |
----------------
Cell A1 is now out of sync with the column to which it
should belong. I have not found a way to achieve this
effect without splitting and merging. There is also no
easy way of getting the columns back in sync (drawing the
cell divider until it visually ligns up is not what
I consider an easy way).
To sum up - from my point of view the issue is not
satisfactory - however, I am not sure whether it is a bug.
Microsoft Word shows exactly the same behavior (which
again doesn't mean that it is OK - in our work we need
a stable, grid-based foundation of table models whith an
inherent integrity of rows and columns).
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