Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 96545
tables not displaying the content of cells when having fixed row height
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:44:35 UTC
I have a problem reading a .doc document contain a large number of tables produced by a system called SAGE. The document opens successfully with writer but most [not all] of the tables therein are displayed on screen or with page preview with apparently entirely blank cells. The tables display correctly with wordpad. I can also cut and paste into spreadsheet, table by table,but in a document with 40 tables is , to say the least , tedious . When opened with writer the rows are very thin. If I select a table and increase the row heights I can read the numbers in the cells. I also need to increase the font size to 10 so that I can actually read the numbers. However I cannot, it seems, select the whole document, to increase cell height but must do it a table at a time, which in a document with 40 tables is unacceptable. A similar document, when I increase the font size with select all, [ there was some text outside the tables, so I could select all ] the visible content in some other tables disappeared, others only displayed part of the characters as the row height was insufficent for the characters. I tried convert to text then convert to table . This would also be on a table by table basis! The text was then readable but the table then had columns of unsuitable width and I did not seem able to correct this . I can send you the problem file if you wish. I has been virus checked. How do I send the file, which I have saved as .odt
Created attachment 58266 [details] .odt files with tables not viewed properly
Please also attach the .doc file.
Changed summary
There is a "paragraph spacing below of 0,35 cm" in the cells. Setting this to 0 cm will make the content visible. This problem must be insisted by the import, so please attach the original Ms Word document to this issue so that we can evaluate this. Thanks a lot!
We need the original .doc file to correctly fix this issue. Feel free to reopen this issue, when this doc could be provided. Thanks for your patience!
closed
Attaching file, with apologies for the delay.
Created attachment 58370 [details] original file with tables problem [company name changed]
Created attachment 58371 [details] .doc copy of file
It does not seem to be an import problem at all... MRU->AMA: in the attached document, there is a table where the rows have a fixed height. The paragraph in these cells have a "spacing below" of a certain value. With this combination, the contents seem to move downwards in the cell. I think, this should not be. MRU->mandydoc: as a workaround, you can select the table and and remove the "spacing below" value in Format.Paragraph.