[Solved] How to use Table=

[LeroyTennison]

One of the options when posting a new topic is "Table=" but I can't figure out how to use it. Can someone explain how to use this option to produce a table containing a specified number of rows and columns? Alternatively, can someone point me to an explanation of how all of the options?

[RoryOF]

Discussion on aligntable at
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=1087
Discussion on Table at
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=35802
significant info in the last few posts of that thread from Hagar & Paddy Landau.

[LeroyTennison]

Oh, searched the forums for the wrong thing (no wonder I didn't find it ). Thanks for the reply. Looks like tables are single column only at this point. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[RoryOF]

That is my understanding. One of the replies (from Hagar?) suggests using Code tags and tabs or spaces to build a pseudo table. I would suggest this is possibly the quickest way to pose a table-related question; it could be accompanied by a screenshot of a mocked up table or an incorrect table, to better illustrate a point.

[acknak]

Saving (from Calc) as "Text (CSV)", choosing the "fixed width" option and wrapping the pasted output inside [code] or [​pre]tags is passable for simple data:

Area       sq.ft     Setting  Applied (lRate (lb/ksNotes      
     A         150        27         2        13.3    Fill spread
     C         150        28         2        13.3    
     E         150        28         2        13.3    
     B         150        29         5        33.3    Rate wrong:
     D         150        29         –          –     
     E         150        29         3        20.0    
     F         150        30        3.5       23.3    
     G         150        32         5        33.3

[LeroyTennison]

Thanks acknak, time to switch rather than fight.