[Solved] Table not visible except in print preview

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NormaE
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[Solved] Table not visible except in print preview

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If I paste a table from another document, it does not show up. If I position my cursor in what I think is a cell, I can copy and paste the contents to anywhere outside the table and it shows up.
The table shows up in print preview.

If I create a new table, it does not show up. Grey bars flash briefly then disappear. I can position the cursor in what I think is a cell and type, but nothing shows up. Again, I can see it all in print preview. And I can export the document to a PDF and all the information is there.

I was using LibreOffice 6.0 for a while now and everything was fine until today. So I uninstalled 6.0 and re-installed LibreOffice 6.0. Problem still exists.
So I uninstalled LibreOffice and went to Apache OpenOffice 6.0.3.2. However when I download Apache OO, it installs as LibreOffice. So not sure what I'm actually using now. The install download is labeled Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.5.6... but that's now what gets installed when I click on it.

Colour me confused and badly in need of help.
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Hi and welcome to the forum!

Have you tried to play with Tools>Options>Writer>View and activate the Table field?
If no luck, can you upload a screenshot (see How to attach a document here)?

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the edit button if your issue has been fixed.
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Upload a small example file from which you copied the table, and a small example .odt file where you copied the table so both can be analysed.
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John_Ha wrote:Upload a small example file from which you copied the table, and a small example .odt file where you copied the table so both can be analysed.
I am attaching two files. The first (legend.docx) contains a table which I can see fine in Word, but not in LibreOffice.
I save it in Libreoffice and created legend.odt, but I seem to only be able to attach one file at a time. Will send a second message with this odt file.
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The border is set to 0 thickness. Have you tried to change that?
Note that OOXML (docx) has not been designed to be compatible with anything but MS Office.
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No. I had not made any changes to the border. And I understand about docx compatibility. However, I cannot even create a table in LibreOffice. It seems to be grey and disappears and I cannot see what I type in the cells. However, I can see everything in Print Preview.
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At least in AOO I can see the table.
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Yes. I installed AOO when LO didn't do the job. Should I send a odt containing a table (invisible) I created in LO?
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Yes, to check what happens, it could help track the issue.
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Here is an odt file containing a table I created. 2 col, 4 row. Text above and below the table.
I have screen shots of what I see (nothing) between the text lines, and also a screen shot of what I see in print preview. Will send those if that helps, once my alloted time to send is renewed.
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Works fine with AOO:
Table.png
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And it works fine in my LO 5.4.6 version.
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Check the View - Display - Tables option in the Tools - Options - Open/LibreOffice Writer
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This seems to be the magic that makes tables work. I can see the table now. Yay. However, if that is the place you pointed me to a few hours ago, I am sure tables was turned on then too. However, it was off when I went there this time, and I have activated it. and Voila. Thank you very much.
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