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Hello,

Is there a way to round the corners of a Table, similar to the image below?



I know it's possible with Text boxes and shapes, but I'm specifically trying to figure out if there's a way with Tables.

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the forum.

It's nice when an answer is short and sweet - namely "Sorry, but no..."

Click inside a table and go Table > Table Properties ... for a list of options.

Can I suggest you also check the up to date Writer guide and/or the OOo v3.3 Writer Manual for more details.

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Thanks

Based on https://www.openoffice.org/styles/, I think a workaround might be to use CSS to round the tables. Then, convert the document from HTML to PDF.

A simpler workaround might be

1 Set the outer border of the table to None
2 Overlay the table with a Rectangle with rounded corners. Set the Rectangle to Wrap in background.
3 Set the Rectangle Area fill to None.

It may take a little fiddling to get the alignment correct, but if you set each table row to be, say, 8mm high, the 3 rows are 24mm, and it is easy to set the rectangle size (right-click > Position and size ...) to be 24mm deep. Ditto for columns. right-click > Position and size can also locate it horizontally and vertically where I often find I need to use small negative numbers to align with text borders. Using a Grid and Snap (see Help and Tools > Options ...) may also assist in positioning it manually.

See attached.