This comment in the upstream bug, https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33631#c6, says to put the table into a frame, and this seems to work (I'm currently on libreoffice-writer 1:4.3.2~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty2).
You have to be careful to not make the frame bigger than the table, or it will overwrite the footer (even if fill type is set to none).
This comment in the upstream bug, https:/ /bugs.freedeskt op.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 33631#c6, says to put the table into a frame, and this seems to work (I'm currently on libreoffice-writer 1:4.3.2~ rc2-0ubuntu1~ trusty2) .
You have to be careful to not make the frame bigger than the table, or it will overwrite the footer (even if fill type is set to none).