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------- Additional comments from [email protected] Thu Jul 1 14:53:14 +0000 2010 ------- I am guessing that mru’s comment above "This is also kept because a well known competitor also behaves like this" refers to a famous, Redmond based software company. Well, in fact, it turns out that it is possible to instruct MS-Word to not split vertically merged cells across a page border. In MS-Word version 2002, it is achieved as follow: - Let’s call the vertically merged cell a "vermell" (just a made-up name). In the description below, the vermell is located in the very left column of the table (i.e. it is not any column in the center or on the right of the table) - Let’s assume that the vermell spans over N rows a) "Unmerge" the vermell (select the vermell and split it back to exactly the number N of rows over which the vermell spans). b) Select all the underlying cells which constituted the vermell with the exception of the bottom cell (i.e. select N-1 cells. The bottom cell N is not part of the selection) c) Starting from MS-Word top menu bar, successively click on Format → Paragraph.. → Line and Page Breaks. d) Under the "Line and Page Breaks" tab, enable the “Keep with next” tick box. Click the "OK" button. e) Select the bottom underlying cell of the vermell (i.e. the cell number N) f) Starting from MS-Word top menu bar, successively click on Format → Paragraph.. → Line and Page Breaks. g) Under the "Line and Page Breaks" tab, disable the "Keep with next" tick box. Click the "OK" button. h) "Remerge" all the cells of the vermell. With these settings, the vermell will not be split when it crosses the bottom border of a page; instead, the vermell (and all associated rows over which the vermell spans) will be moved as one undividable block to the next page. Now, the way this is implemented in MS-Word is very much an obscure, mind twisted kludge (need to act on the "Paragraph" settings, instead of on the table properties). Note that when importing an MS-Word file that contains a table with vermells configured as described above in OpenOffice Writer, OpenOffice Writer does NOT replicate the MS-Word behaviour; instead OpenOffice Writer does split the vermells across page borders. I added my two votes in support of dupreyb’s request. The implementation of this needed feature in OpenOffice Writer should be done through the table properties (i.e. not the way it is done in MS-Word), for instance by adding a tick box to make a cell (be it an elementary cell or a merged cell) "unsplitable" across page border. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
