I´m trying to set an alternating color row on libre office. I´m able to do this, but I´m having problems on the last row, as it considers a “total/sum” row. Any suggestions to circumvent this?
Autoformat UI (Soma is Total/Sum in english):
Example of a table repeating last line:
Apparently the last row always uses <table:last-row> from styles.xml. If this tag is deleted, it is automatically created again when the document is saved.
The only workaround I can think of is to use one style for tables with an odd number of rows, and a different style for tables with an even number of rows. You can always modify the background for a particular row by going into Table Properties.
Of course, it’s possible to embed a Calc document, as suggested at Using conditional formatting in OO writer (View topic) • Apache OpenOffice Community Forum. Calc can highlight alternate rows with Conditional Formatting.
Improvements for table styles have been discussed, so hopefully there will be a better solution in the future.