I have no clue how to do that.
On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 6:31 PM, <cjgun...@gmail.com> wrote: > The project is always accepting code donations from the volunteers who make > the office suite. If you would like to donate your code I am sure you > would find > a welcoming place to publish your code. > > On Saturday, June 17, 2017 2:09:38 PM PDT Dayvid Artman wrote: > > First of all, it is annoying and seems a bit arrogant to force me to open > > my email in your browser to send this message when I already have my > email > > open in a different browser. I also don't like the fact that said browser > > removes (or at least hides from me) my signature stored in the email > > service. But those are not the reason for the message. > > > > You have a function for working with tables that seems to have no useful > > purpose, but the title given to it would be quite useful, and there > doesn't > > seem to be any way to actually do what the name of the function implies. > > Microsoft Word has a function with nearly the exact same name, and it > > functions as the name suggests and is very handy. > > > > The function in question is “Distribute Rows Equally”, and it is found > > under the “Table” menu in the “Autofit” sub-menu. I read the Help on that > > topic, and it functions exactly as described, but for no benefit that I > can > > imagine. The similar “Distribute Columns Evenly” operates nearly > identical, > > different only in that it is limited by the page size, while rows are > not. > > > > What the function does in make every column (or row) match the largest > one > > in the selection. I can do that in several different ways without using > > this function, and the name does not suggest that such will be the > outcome. > > It isn't “distributing” anything, it is simply expanding each row to the > > size of the largest. What I want to do (and what the name implies what > and > > Microsoft does) is distribute the rows equally or evenly within the area > of > > the rows selected. The final table would occupy no more, no less, but > > exactly the same space as the original, but the spacing of the rows would > > all be the same. > > > > This supports providing as much space or as large a font as practical > while > > keeping a consistent look and staying (for example) on one page. There is > > no easy way to do this that I know of without a command such as this. I > > must somehow measure the total space that I want the finished table to > > occupy, then manually divide that by the number of rows I want, and then > > size each one to that size. Given certain scenarios, one could do that > last > > step en mass, but the first two steps are cumbersome and tedious. The > > computer could do that in a moment, just as quickly as it does what it > does > > now, but with far more benefit. > > > > I strongly urge the team at Apache to consider making this design change. > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campai > > gn=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. > > www.avast.com > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campai > > gn=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > > <#m_2364816453849307028_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > >
