Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 7911
Floating tables: Word file with large table doesn't open properly
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
The attached Word file opens properly in MS Word XP, it 11 pages long has about 700 rows. In OpenOffice 1.0.1 running on Windows XP, it opens 2 pages with only about 100 of the rows display. The cursor is blinking and the height of the entire page.
Created attachment 2977 [details] WordXP file that won't open properly in OO1.0.1
A floating table, so inserted as a table inside a frame, frames cannot be split over multiple pages when their contents grow too large to fit...
So can OO be fixed so that it can open/display the file the same as Word?
e.g. If you change the table in word from table properties->text wrapping->around to text wrapping->none, and import that to writer, you'll get a better import.
Some deep thought required on this issue, make frames split over pages ? or implement native floating tables in writer that can themselves break over pages ? I don't think there is anything that the .doc import can do without layout support to make this happen in the short term.
Hello, I replicated this using build OOW 643C. After downloading gurulabs attached file I opened it in MSWORD (Office XP). The 11 page-long doc contains a 7-page-long table and a similar 4-page-long table. Opening in OOW643C it was just two pages. I deleted the second table from gurulabs original doc in MSWORD and tried to open it again in OOW. There was just one page and the last part of the table did not come up. It is clear, that when a frame contains a table more than one page long in MSWORD, OOW will show only the first page. However, the content is not lost! If you copy and paste the content of the table page-by-page in OOW, you can handle this problem manually. (At least it worked for me) I use WINDOWS XP Professional Version 2002 with SP1, Intel Pentium III Processor, 450 MHz, and 128 MB of RAM.
I think we can cetainly confirm this issue. Doing so.
MRU->MIB: As discussed between you and SBA/AMA, this is one for the MIB-compatibility collection. As CMC pointed out, there are two ways of "fixing": 1. give frames the ability to split over pages, or 2. implement native floating tables (ability to have text wrap around tables).
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took over bug again
This issue continues to be a problem in 1.1
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Since we currently do not have 'floating tables', I consider this a 'feature', or at least an 'enhancement'.
Changed title.
We implemented tables with page break for OOo2.0. We will not implement floating tables for OOo2.0, because of a shortage of resources.
*** Issue 106404 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Please consider this issue for 3.x.