Column sizing

[Nicholas]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

If I have a wide column, say a full screen width (column C), and I want to reduce the width, I have no option.

If I scroll right using, the next column (column D) appears. I do not have an option of resizing with the mouse, or viewing column C and D side by side

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 15 11:00:25 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_IN
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

[David Lee Lambert (davidl)]

Easy workaround:

Select the column, right click, "Column width...".

Note that Excel 2k3 has the same problem, except that it won't let you make a column wider than the visible area. It has the same solution, too.

[Nicholas (nicholas-a)]

Yes, that is what I had to settle for finally as a temporary solution.

It does not work very well for file types such as CSV (comma separated values), as each time you open the file, the maximum cell width is reverted to.

--Nicholas

--- On Thu, 2/10/08, David Lee Lambert <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: David Lee Lambert <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 270373] Re: Column sizing
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Thursday, 2 October, 2008, 1:03 AM
> Easy workaround:
>
> Select the column, right click, "Column
> width...".
>
> Note that Excel 2k3 has the same problem, except that it
> won't let you
> make a column wider than the visible area. It has the same
> solution,
> too.
>
> --
> Column sizing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270373
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “openoffice.org” source package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: openoffice.org
>
> If I have a wide column, say a full screen width (column
> C), and I want to reduce the width, I have no option.
>
> If I scroll right using, the next column (column D)
> appears. I do not have an option of resizing with the mouse,
> or viewing column C and D side by side
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Sep 15 11:00:25 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
>
> PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_IN
> SourcePackage: openoffice.org
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

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