Issue 55944 - copy/paste of nested tables does not work properly
Summary: copy/paste of nested tables does not work properly
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: editing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0 Beta
Hardware: Other All
: P3 Trivial with 8 votes (vote)
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: 56228 66699 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2005-10-13 20:19 UTC by bcarey
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:38 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description bcarey 2005-10-13 20:19:54 UTC
Objective:  
copy a nested table from one cell in the parent table to another cell in the
parent table.

Problem:  
when I try to copy a nested table from one cell to another, the paste does not
work as expected. If I try to past the cell in column two, nothing happens. If I
try to paste the nested table in column one of a new row, the nested table
distributes itself in multiple cells of the parent table.

Workaround:  
If, prior to creating the nested table, I put a blank line in the parent cell,
then create the nested table, the copy and paste function works as expected.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a 2x2 table.
2. In the first cell of this table (P1:1) create a 2x2 table. Fill this nested
table with data.
3. Select the nested table and copy.
4. Click on row1:column2 of the parent table and paste...nothing happens.
5. Click on row2:column1 of the parent table and paste...the data in the nested
table is distributed among multiple rows and columns of the parent table.
6.  Create a new parent 2x2 table.
7. In the first cell of this table enter a carriage return, then create a 2x2
table and fill this nested table with data.
8. Select the nested table and copy.
9. Click on row1:column2 of the new parent table and paste...the nested table
appears in the cell as expected.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2005-10-14 12:29:20 UTC
MRU->FME: a table cannot be copied into another table via clipboard. 
Comment 2 michael.ruess 2005-10-19 07:40:03 UTC
*** Issue 56228 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 3 michael.ruess 2006-07-21 16:15:19 UTC
*** Issue 66699 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 4 amy2008 2008-12-11 09:26:24 UTC
With Dev300m37 on WindowsXP, I found the similar problem.
But there are two different details, please see the following description:
1 At step 4, I can paste data in the first column of nested table, but doesn't 
like bcarey depicted 'nothing'. This is the first one.
2 Another, at step8 and step9, bcarey could pasted the nested table in the 
parent table, I think it depends on the selected way, 
     . If selecting the nested only, we can only paste data in the first column 
of nested table
     . If selecting the first blank line and the nested in the first cell of 
parent,we can only paste the nested table in the partent table

Li Meiying