At 14:27 13/05/2008 +0800, James Elliott wrote:
I inserted a table into a Writer text document to assist with the
formatting of a form I am creating. When I had finished creating
the form I wanted to adjust the row height to make it easier for a
user of the form to fill it in with a pen or pencil - ie I wanted to
make the row height bigger.
I tried two methods:
1. Select rows > Right click > Row > Height
2. Table > Autofit > Row height
Either way, I ended up with a pop-up dialogue box which said the row
height was 0.01cm (clearly wrong!) and the "Fit to size" box was ticked.
I don't think this is exactly "wrong". Clearly, you cannot have a
defined size operative and "Fit to size" selected at the same time:
you cannot both choose a value and have it chosen for you. If "Fit
to size" is ticked, the row height set in the box seems to act as a
minimum. By default, this is set to a very small value; this means,
of course, that the "Fit to size" option takes precedence, no matter
how much you have in your row.
I have since made some sense of setting row heights. It seems if
you set heights of 1 cm or greater then you seem to get what you asked for.
No: if you leave the "Fit to size" box ticked, the row will adjust to
accommodate whatever you put in it, but will exceed this only if the
set height value is greater. Your "1 cm" must have been roughly what
the current contents of your row required.
I am still unsure why the dialogue box says the row height is 0.01cm
when you first open it?
If you are still choosing to have the row height "Fit to size", it
makes sense for the default minimum height to be very small, so that
the "Fit to size" option is always obeyed.
I would also like to know why, if you untick the "Fit to size" box,
your table collapses into something resembling a thick black line
(about 2-3mm high/thick)?
If you decide against "Fit to size", the row takes on the height you
have indicated. Is this still 0.01 cm? It sounds as if you have got
exactly what you asked for. A tenth of a millimetre would make a
very shallow row - presumably lost in its borders.
It seems that manipulating Row height in a table inserted into a
Writer document is nothing like doing the same thing in Calc, and I
would appreciate any help in understanding this dialogue box.
o If you want the row height to adjust to its contents (and be no
larger), select "Fit to size" and leave the height in the box at
something suitably small.
o If you want the row height to adjust to its contents but to have a
particular minimum size, select "Fit to size" and set the minimum
height in the box.
o If you want the row to have a fixed, specified height, deselect
"Fit to size" and set the required height in the box.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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