Yes, that is what I had to settle for finally as a temporary solution.
It does not work very well for file types such as CSV (comma separated
values), as each time you open the file, the maximum cell width is
reverted to.
--Nicholas
--- On Thu, 2/10/08, David Lee Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: David Lee Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Bug 270373] Re: Column sizing
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thursday, 2 October, 2008, 1:03 AM
> Easy workaround:
>
> Select the column, right click, "Column
> width...".
>
> Note that Excel 2k3 has the same problem, except that it
> won't let you
> make a column wider than the visible area. It has the same
> solution,
> too.
>
> --
> Column sizing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270373
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> Status in “openoffice.org” source package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: openoffice.org
>
> If I have a wide column, say a full screen width (column
> C), and I want to reduce the width, I have no option.
>
> If I scroll right using, the next column (column D)
> appears. I do not have an option of resizing with the mouse,
> or viewing column C and D side by side
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Sep 15 11:00:25 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
>
> PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_IN
> SourcePackage: openoffice.org
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64
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