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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 15 11:05:03 -0800
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Hi
This different behaviour for Tables is also present on OOo 2.0
I have supervised several Ph.D. theses (documents with >400 pages and hundreds
of figures and tables) and putting tables within a frame has been a must for
easy table moving and positioning within the page. The behaviour asked by
oliinman would be a definite improvement.
Adding a frame to the table would also remove another two issues:
a) alignment of the caption. Now the caption is aligned as mandated by teh
"Table" paragraph style, and can (is) be different from the real table
alignment. Furthermore, many times one wants the caption to be "cropped" (left
-and -right indented) at Table boundaries. This has to be done manually now but
it is automatic within a frame.
b) The frame would allow the whole table to be movable on the page. Thsi is teh
default behavior for tables in OOo competitor, MSO. Allowing a similar behavior
would ease migration for Word users, and be less frustrating. So this is also a
compatibility issue, not only an usability one.
I do see a place for "normal" tables like OOo have now. So adding the frame
should be an option, not a mandatory command
¿How can this be implemented? I see two places:
a) Adding a "Within a Frame" menu option in Table>Insert menu
(this is the easiest way, can be done with a simple macro)
b) adding a new option to Tools>Options>OpenOffice.org Writer>AutoCaption:
"Writer Table within a Frame"
Both options are not mutually exclusive.
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