Multi-page floating tables in Writer
2023-09-22, 09:00–09:30 (Europe/Bucharest), Room 1

LibreOffice was capable of handling multi-page tables and floating tables in
Writer already. But it was not possible to combine these two features to have
a multi-page floating table, which is a frequently used feature in Word
documents.


LibreOffice was capable of handling multi-page tables and floating tables in
Writer already. But it was not possible to combine these two features to have
a multi-page floating table, which is a frequently used feature in Word
documents. We did not lose data, but it looked like data is lost. With a
rework of floating object handling in Writer, the layout code now has optional
support for split text frames containing tables, and we import DOCX/DOC/RTF
floating tables as this construct by default. Come and see how this work is
implemented, where are the still rough edges and how you can help.

See also: Slides

Miklos got involved with OpenOffice.org development in 2010 when he completed
two Google Summer of Code projects to improve the RTF import/export filter of
Writer. Later he became a full-time LibreOffice Writer developer for SUSE, now
a contractor at Collabora.