Description: The line spacing paragraph setting is handled differently in Microsoft Word and LibreOffice Writer inside tables: in Microsoft Word, the line spacing is also applied to the last line of the paragraph, effectively working as a spacing between the paragraph and the bottom cell border. In LibreOffice, the line spacing doesn't affect the padding between the last line and the cell border. This makes the same table smaller in LibreOffice Writer than in Microsoft Word when opening a DOCX document with such properties. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a new document in LibreOffice Writer or Microsoft Word (the issue can be reproduced both ways). 2. Insert a table with one row and write a line of text in a cell. 3. Select the text in the cell and change line spacing in the paragraph settings to double. 4. Save the document as DOCX. 5. Open the same document both in LibreOffice Writer and Microsoft Word and compare them. Actual Results: The line spacing in Microsoft Word is also applied to the last line of the paragraph, effectively working as a spacing between the paragraph and the bottom cell border, while in LibreOffice the line spacing doesn't affect the padding between the last line and the cell border. Expected Results: LibreOffice should handle the line spacing after last line in a table just like Microsoft Word when editing a DOCX file – maybe offering this behavior as a compatibility option for Writer through Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > Compatibility to avoid problems with other file formats or existing documents. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info:
Created attachment 151425 [details] The original file
Created attachment 151426 [details] A screenshot showcasing the issue.
repro in Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 773ac3abbf8ab1343367e51b1774d2ee1f8c4f49 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded it's the same behaviour from scratch in LO and ODT format you set up double line spacing but you'll see it only after inserting of second line of text in cell!
Also reproduced in Version 4.1.0.0.alpha0+ (Build ID: efca6f15609322f62a35619619a6d5fe5c9bd5a)
László Németh committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/2c918aa51e5528b090e52fa31b10fa17cf2593ae tdf#125300 extend AddParaSpacingToTableCells with line spacing It will be available in 6.5.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
tdf#125300 extend AddParaSpacingToTableCells with line spacing Now default compatibility mode AddParaSpacingToTableCells uses not only paragraph bottom margin, but also proportional line spacing before bottom cell border, as in MSO.
AddParaSpacingToTableCells mode is about MSO table layout interoperability: http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/compatibility/formatting-table-cells.sxw Details: = Adjust the formatting of table cells = = Abstract = Change the formatting of table cells controlled by a compatibility option to meet the requirements of the interoperability to MS Word. The change consists of adding the set paragraph below of the last paragraph inside a table cell to the height of the table cell. 1 Motivation MS Word and Writer have different approaches on the formatting of table cells in documents. To enhance interoperability between these products as well as to lower the threshold for users to migrate to Writer it is mandatory to adapt certain behaviour from MS Word and integrate them into Writer. Changing the formatting of table cells addresses this difference. 2 User Scenarios A user gets an MS Word document and opens it within Writer. The person who designed the MS Word document made heavy use of tables. Thus the layout of the MS Word document relies heavily on the height of the table cells. If the to-be-imported document contains paragraphs in table cells with a set paragraph spacing below, the layout of the Writer doesn't reflect this. Once this specification is implemented the user will have less layout loss in this case when importing and of course exporting the document into/from Writer. 3 Goals Goal of this specification is to enhance the interoperability with MS Word.
Paragraph spacing before bottom table border is based on also line spacing, not only on paragraph margin in MSO. With the previous fix the reported proportional line spacing problem has been solved, but it's possible, that later we need to extend it for the other line spacing settings, too.
László Németh committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-4": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/3cccdabf19a99fd3f657985c1822436d7679df2b tdf#125300 extend AddParaSpacingToTableCells with line spacing It will be available in 6.4.0.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.