Writer Guide

Default table options
On the OpenOffice.org Writer – Table page (Figure 43), you can specify
the default table behavior.
Figure 43. Choosing default Table options
Some considerations:
• If most of your tables will require borders or headings, select
those options. If most of your tables are used for page layout,
deselect borders and headings.
• Number recognition can be very useful if most of your tables
contain numerical data; Writer will recognize dates or currency,
for example, and format the numbers appropriately. However, if
you want the numbers to remain as ordinary text, this feature can
be quite irritating, so you will want to deselect it.
• The Keyboard handling section specifies the distances that cells
move when you use keyboard shortcuts to move them and the size
of rows and columns inserted using keyboard shortcuts.
• The choices in the Behavior of rows/columns section determine
the effects that changes to rows or columns have on adjacent
rows or columns and the entire table. You might need to test
these selections to fully understand the effects.
Change tracking options
If you plan to use the change-tracking feature of Writer, use the
OpenOffice.org Writer – Changes page (Figure 44) to choose the way
inserted and deleted material is marked, whether and how attribute
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