Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
2. Now, hold down the Alt key together with the Shift key and press the right arrow key. The right edge will remain fixed while the left edge will move to the right, thereby reducing the column. The height of the rows can be adjusted in the same way. However, since the rows are preset to a minimum height, one must first increase their size before the result is obvious. By pressing the Ctrl key during the process, the enlargement or reduction will apply only to the active cell rather than to the entire row or column. The proportions of the table remain fixed. Adapting Table Widths The display attributes of a table are defined by the settings under Tools > Options > Text Documents > Tables. Users can also click the icons in the Table object bar to switch between the attributes Fixed, Fixed/Proportional, and Variable. •
Behavior of rows/columns — Fixed means, for example, that if one cell is made wider the adjacent cell will become narrower. Other cells will not be affected, and the overall width of the table stays the same.
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Behavior of rows/columns — Fixed and Proportional means that all adjacent cells become proportionally narrower. In other words, wide cells will shrink more than narrow ones. Again, table width remains constant.
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Behavior of rows/columns — Variable means that the width of the entire table is variable. Whenever an individual cell is made wider, the entire width of the table expands as well.
When inserting or deleting (cells, rows or columns), the table mode decides how the neighbouring cells, rows or columns should behave. In the table mode, new rows and columns are only inserted in a fixed way if there is sufficient space. Copying Calc Sheet Areas to Text Documents 1. Open both the text document and the spreadsheet. 2. Select the sheet area to copy. 3. Point to the selected area and press the left mouse button. Keep the mouse button pressed for a moment, then drag the area into the text document. Note: When the documents are not visible next to each other, first drag the mouse pointer to the destination document button. Continue to hold down the mouse button and the document, addressed in this fashion, is displayed and one can move the mouse pointer within the document.
4. Once the cursor is located in the place where to insert the sheet area, release the mouse button. The sheet area is inserted as an OLE object. 5. the OLE object can be selected and edited at any time. 6. To edit the OLE object, simply double-click on it. Alternatively, select the object and choose Edit > Object > Edit or choose Edit from the context menu. The object is edited in its own frame within the text document, but the icons and menu commands needed for spreadsheets are displayed. OpenOffice.org User Guide for 2.0
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