How do I set a cell height for a table in Writer?

[HughMungus]

I’m trying to create a table where the cells have a fixed height in Writer. (Sorry for using the spreadsheet term “cell” in a Writer document but it seems the clearest word to use for describing a single entry in a 1x30 table.) I’m using the current version of Libre Office and am running Windows 10.

I’ve found just about any setting you can imagine controlling the appearance of a table EXCEPT for a place to set the height of the cells (and a toggle to lock the cells to that height but I can live without that.)

I’m trying to create a document and then a template that can be used to print text onto a sheet of labels. Naturally, the height of the labels on the sheet doesn’t vary so I want to make sure the cells in Writer table are the same size.

I’ve figured out how to manually adjust the height of a single cell using the vertical ruler but that’s both imprecise (since I can’t make the line go to the exact height I want, just fairly close) and tedious given the number of labels on my label sheet. It seems reasonable to me that there should be a way to set the height for ALL cells in the table. I thought it would be in Table Properties but I can’t find it there or anywhere else I’ve tried. There doesn’t seem to be anything like a cell property so that I can type in the exact height I want for the cell.

Can anyone help me with this question?

[ajlittoz]

Table → Autofit → Row Height

Set the desired height and uncheck Fit to size.

The height will apply to rows of selected cells, all rows if whole table selected beforehand.

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[HughMungus]

I’m sorry but I’m not finding this Autofit option!

I’ve created a new document in Writer. I’ve set the page properties to Letter size and set the 4 margins based on what I measured with a good rules. There’s a gutter between the two columns of labels so I created a column layout with two columns and a gutter the size of the one I measured with the ruler. Then I created a table at the top of the leftmost column and described it as 1 column by 30, intending it to flow into the second column…

[HughMungus]

Then I clicked on Table in the menu to try to find this autofit option. There is no autofit option off the main menu. I tried clicking on Table->Properties but found no autofit option on any of those 5 tabs either. What am I doing wrong?

[bartonmaru]

For LO 6.2.7.1 :
Select all > Table > Size > Row Height
BeWarre!: the setting is in CMs!

[HughMungus]

Solved it!

I must have a slightly different version of Libre Office than ajlittoz. I finally found the setting I needed under Table->SIZE->Row Height

I suppose someone renamed “Autofit” to “Size” recently…

Anyway, that worked just fine and gave me uniform row heights that I could set once for the whole table, which is just what I needed.

Thanks ajlittoz!

[ajlittoz]

Apologies! The various computers I use through a single day have different configurations, some a bit lagging behind. That’s nice to check compatibility but, here, I answered too fast, based on the active comp and I didn’t take care of LO version.