Problems with font size in tables on Writter version 26.2

[rcky844]

Hi. I’ve recently updated to 26.2 and tried opening an older file created in 25.8. I’ve noticed that files from older versions have the font size in their tables modified in such a way that lines font sizes below 12pt does not dynamically adjust its height.

Below are screenshots for demonstration:

I am not sure whether this is a bug or not, so would like to have some opinion about this issue. Though, creating a brand new document does not trigger this bug.

Another issue I found is that the amount of text you could fit into a line has decreased? Or it could be related to my JabRef citation. On version 25.8.3.2 ot fits in a single line. Perhaps it could be related to the recent blog post about font management?

I would love to hear more of your input, I don’t mind people pointing out what I did wrong (or the poor way I create my documents). Thanks!

[ajlittoz]

Such an issue is nearly impossible to diagnose from a screenshot. Please attach a reduced version of your document and make sure the problem persists in the sample.

[rcky844]

You are right. I should have seen this.

This only made me realize copy pasting from the document into another document does not carry over the issue, but only updating the specific document appears have an effect.

It could be an issue with the file itself, so here’s a copy without all the important stuff

Test.odt (24.3 KB)

[ajlittoz]

What should I look exactly?

Preliminary remarks:

• Your document was originally written with M$ Word (or has ben edited with at some step)
  There are many remains of M$ idiosyncrasies polluting your document structure
• You practise direct formatting instead of styling
  This will make formatting and layout optimisation extremely painful
• Your tables were manually adjusted, though I didn’t find (but not checked exhaustively) cell height is set to Fit to size.
• You have frequent non-legitimate use of non-breaking space instead of ordinary space
  This mishap is frequent under Window$, so exercise care. NBSP have a big impact on text flow.
• Your references are in a section
  This is probably your reference/citation manager which created it. Sections are primarily intended to changed “locally” the number of columns without needing a separate page style.