Re: [icon-users] Table headings on each page (etc. wish list)

  • From: Mike Hobbs <mike.hobbs@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:20:57 GMT

In message <cb59573a4f.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <2b4de8c332780d245539f831f4dcd27318a2f4b1@localhost>
>           Mike Hobbs <mike.hobbs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> All the posts about tables and page breaking just reminded
>> me about a feature I'd like to see one day. That is, being able
>> to have a row of headings repeated at the top of every
>> page when a table gets split by page breaks. Its a feature
>> which exists in MS Word
> 
> ... and also in EasiWriter and it has been there for ages. Select the
> first row, then Structure => Table => Column head.

Well, well, well, I didn't notice when that feature was introduced!

[snip]
>> Another useful feature would be the ability to cut and paste
>> chunks of table that straddle cells. I guess this might be
>> rather difficult to program but it would help me a lot.
> 
> I am not sure what you mean by that. Do you simply want to cut and
> paste a range of cells? Then, yes, you can do that already. All you
> need to make sure is that you highlight the target range of cells
> before pasting (and the target range needs to have the same dimensions
> as your copied range).

Yes, exactly.  Again, excellent!  I didn't know about this.
Highlighting the target range was the bit I'd not realized.

Thanks Martin.

-- 
Mike Hobbs
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