Bug 132751 - LibreOffice Table breaking
Summary: LibreOffice Table breaking
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: filter:docx
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Blocks: DOCX-Tables
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Reported: 2020-05-06 05:38 UTC by md7659
Modified: 2020-06-04 05:48 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
showing what I see (7.72 KB, application/zip)
2020-05-06 05:41 UTC, md7659
Details
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Heart Pieces_Word2016.pdf (162.57 KB, application/pdf)
2020-06-04 05:48 UTC, Justin L
Details

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Description md7659 2020-05-06 05:38:37 UTC
Description:
easiest way to describe is that part of the table will be split in to 2 with almost a full page in between. The table was made as 1 table may take 2-4 pages. Also lets say you have a 3 by 3 table but need to make 2 in 1/2 the ones that are still holding it together will end up looking like the split ones and only a temperately able to fix by splitting it up and then merging them.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. make table of 5 horizontal - 30+ vertical
2. fill table with 1-1-3-1-1 lines of text
3. easiest way restart computer while its still open (close it and then restart may also bring this problem around)

Actual Results:
parts of table broke leaving gaps in the table

Expected Results:
table should have stayed as 1 table no spaces in the boxes 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
on terms of tables it seems to have issues being split and boxes who are not split end up splitting. Not really sure how to reproduce it other than work on a table splitting all but 1 row. As you scroll down you may end up seeing a missing box. I work with a lot of tables doing personal game guides or other tasks.
Comment 1 md7659 2020-05-06 05:41:49 UTC
Created attachment 160410 [details]
showing what I see
Comment 2 Roman Kuznetsov 2020-05-06 19:59:14 UTC
Did you make that document in LibreOffice or in MS Office?
If you just create from scratch that table in LibreOffice and just save it as DOCX, then will you see the same problem?

There is a workaround for fix it: go to Table properties, select "Text flow" tab, uncheck "Allow table to split across pages and columns" option.
Comment 3 Justin L 2020-06-03 19:10:07 UTC
Another problem with this table is that the first paragraph of column one typically has "keep with next" set - which means the rows will try to stick together.  That's why the table starts on a new page by itself.  Removing keep with next paragraph property probably solves your problem.
Comment 4 Justin L 2020-06-04 05:47:41 UTC
P.S. This matches how Word 2003 and 2016 views it - so LO is faithfully reproducing MSO in this case. Thus I am marking as NOTABUG.
Comment 5 Justin L 2020-06-04 05:48:45 UTC
Created attachment 161597 [details]
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Heart Pieces_Word2016.pdf