I don't know what you are referring to. I don't have any errors that I know of, and that has nothing to do with the topic. The issue is that I cannot figure out how to do what this function name implies it does but does not.
On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Isaac Schrader <isaacschrade...@outlook.com > wrote: > If you have errors how about you fix them yourself? > > > > > > Sent from my Windows 10 phone > > > > From: Dayvid Artman<mailto:drart...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2017 4:17 PM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org<mailto:users@openoffice.apache.org> > Subject: Open Office Writer Critique > > > > 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_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com<http://www.avast.com> > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_2364816453849307028_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >
