https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167632
--- Comment #2 from Franklin Weng <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #1) > IMO, this is a very strange requirement. Users may want billions different > tasks after some specific action. Adding more columns is one of them; but > why not "add specific text to every third row", or "create a title for the > table", or even "copy it and paste into another document"? > > Trying to create a dedicated function for each thinkable continuation of a > specific workflow is something wrong for an office suite. Some workflow > could benefit from a macro, or maybe a custom extension...? This is not a random request. First, it was requested by users (specifically in our government, who keeps promoting ODF and migrating from MSO to LibreOffice in these ten years). They reflected this request to our professional trainers, then those trainers reflected to us. Second, this is then requested by our government. That's why OSSII implemented it. Third, for my own case, I could use this feature as well. I host the general assembly of our association every year, and I have to create a table for members who attend the GA to sign their name. Every year I have to copy the number and name from our member data list (in an ods spreadsheet) since I only need those two columns from the member data, then copied it to a Writer document, then transfer those into a table. Then I have to manually add some additional columns like the place to let them sign, and some remarks which is not in member data list. With this feature implemented it could save me some time. Plus, I didn't have any MSO to check but I tried to search it on line. It seems that MS Word let uses decide how many rows and columns they want when converting text to table. If that is the case I can imagine why our users ask for this feature. We're facing users who use MS Word for a long time. Of course we can't satisfy every request from them, but this one is not that ridiculous since I myself can use it too. That's why I agreed to open this ticket. Finally, I'm not sure how this feature could be implemented using extension or macro. There are already several features, for example to insert multiple images into Impress *AND* Writer (which have been requested for years as well), being implemented and achieved by extensions. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
