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Question

How in the world did this chart get broken like this

Jul 4, 2015 7:28AM PDT

I copied the chart off of another file (yes, not from a web site! It's my OWN written work!),
and yet the most-right table line went missing like this:
http://imgur.com/dGzUZxT

What in the world is happening?
Please help. thanks a lot!

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I've done that.
Jul 4, 2015 7:36AM PDT

Word is like that and will chop it off if it must to maintain WYSIWYG. You can try the chart in landscape on the page or edit column widths to pull it back on page.

What some folk don't know is that a good working Word document will do that simply by loading it up on another PC. The other PC may not have the same printer and Word dutifully reformats the doc to show what it will look like on that printer.

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Actually it's openoffice
Jul 4, 2015 8:08AM PDT

It's a .odt file instead of .doc, sorry for not having elaborated enough before.
I think the functionality really is weaker,
for example,
when I copy and paste any content onto a new file, it becomes un-editable if there's any part that gets separated to a different page.
And this along drives me crazy because it is unresolvable without having to re-edit and abandon the whole original file *screeches*

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Open Office is very dated. I use Libre Office now.
Jul 4, 2015 1:14PM PDT
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points on demand
Jul 4, 2015 6:24PM PDT

What output formats does it provide?
If it's not .doc or any other major types of document formats then it's
best to steer clear.

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LIbre Office also does odt files
Jul 5, 2015 5:17AM PDT

and conversions just like Open Office.

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But why is it about printer?
Jul 4, 2015 8:13AM PDT

No offense at all, but no printer is connected and no printing was done, thoughHappy

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Apps that typeset use printer metrics to do WYSIWYG
Jul 4, 2015 1:13PM PDT

And if there is no default printer, a paste can result in lockups. Not much new I can add to that old discussion. Fix? Install a printer and make it the default even if you don't own that printer.

Another work around is to use Google Docs to create that doc.

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If that would fix it
Jul 4, 2015 1:16PM PDT

then he could install a "Print to PDF file" program and that should be sufficient.

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(NT) Iffy. Would need testing.
Jul 4, 2015 7:01PM PDT
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wut...?
Jul 4, 2015 6:27PM PDT

You do know that that is a digital file I created out a screenshot, nkt a picture taken in real life dont you???

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Re: copy
Jul 4, 2015 12:53PM PDT

Maybe the margin settings are different? If it doesn't fit lines are truncated.
Solution: make the lines longer or the cells less wide.

Kees

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How?
Jul 4, 2015 6:20PM PDT

i checked the paragraph setting via the contextual menu but it wasnt there

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Isn't it just a "table"?
Jul 5, 2015 5:19AM PDT

If so, then it should have settings that can be changed on it. Pixels vs % of page perhaps?

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% of page?
Jul 5, 2015 11:59PM PDT

What exactly do you mean by % of page?

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Re: table layout
Jul 6, 2015 1:11AM PDT

You didn't tell what version of OpenOffice you use, nor why you don't use its successor LibreOffice.

So all I can say, in general, is that to start playing around with a new table and adjusting the lay-out (like column width, cell height, padding, font size etc) until you have one that is suitable for the contents you want it to have.
The help function of the program or google might be useful to learn all the tricks of using tables in OpenOffice.

As a start: https://www.google.com/search?q=open+office+writer+column+width about setting the width of a column in a table in Writer.

Kees

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%
Jul 7, 2015 8:23PM PDT
"Adjust columns proportionally results in all columns changing their widths by the same percentage when one is changed. For example, if you reduce by half the size of a column, all the other columns sizes will be halved. "

tks to Kees.
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maybe save it as a graphic or screen shot
Jul 4, 2015 1:06PM PDT

depending on why you want to move it to another file, another possible option is to save it as a graphic file or do a screen shot and move it.

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No I still need to edit it later
Jul 4, 2015 6:29PM PDT

IN openoffice, so no, screenshot/digital graphic not available here(cries)