actually, it's a lot easier to do (and it works in 1.1.4 at least)
insert text for column headers; set rotation to 45 degrees; set
reference edge to 'inside cell'
cell itself won't change the form, but text will overflow current cell
and flow over to the cell at the right; text in that cell will overflow
to the next cell (or cells)
you have to resize columns manually, but since you want to put single
characters in there you can easily select all columns you are interested
in and set arbitrary width
Doug Thompson wrote:
Untested and it may require some fiddling, but have you tried creating
only the column headings in Draw then inserting them above the data
area? You might have better luck making this behave in Writer and using
a table. As long as you aren't using much in the way of calculations to
fill in the check boxes, using Writer+Draw may quickest get you to where
you want to go.
Doug
Hal Vaughan wrote:
I'm still using OOo 1.1.3 (a Debian package). I want to create a
checklist
where I'm listing a number of items down the left side, in one column,
one
item per row. I want to put the titles at the top, across the first row,
but I want the text at a 45 degree angle. While I know how to do
this, I'd
like the sides of the column to slope with the text. I'm making a
checklist and the list of items down the left will be all the different
parts I'm working on and the row across the top will be a list of tasks I
have to perform on each section. I want the columns to be narrow, since
they only have to have room for me to make a checkmark. This means I
want
to fit a full title in the column, but I don't want a wide column -- I
want
the column edges to slope at 45 degrees like the text.
I know we've all seen tables like this, I'm just not sure how to describe
it. Below is an attempt at drawing it, but I know everyone has different
fonts, so in most cases it'll look like a mess.
Thanks for any help on this!
Hal
Attempted diagram:
/ / / / /
/ / / / /
/ / / / /
----+-+-+-+-+
----+-+-+-+-+
----+-+-+-+-+
----+-+-+-+-+
----+-+-+-+-+
If your font spacing is like mine, you'll have a column on the left for
titles, a grid after that, and at the top, instead of needing wide
columns,
the columns are sloped at an angle so I can write the title in at an
angle.
...
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Rich
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