Section HTML import - table width

[rolo56000]

Hi,
Using LibreOffice Writer 24.8.0.3.

For my documents, I import HTML files (that contain a table), generated outside of LibreOffice.

I am not able to manage table width consistently.
I have tried specifying table width in header/style HTML and in the table element itself (fixed).
But these tables, when imported in Writer, are still too wide for my page size (A4).

More, when I edit the table poperties to specify a fixed size (18cm) in Writer, the fixed width is lost when I reopen the document.

Any idea to fix this ?

Kind regards

Romain

[fpy]

@rolo56000

idea

maybe upload an example to raise a bit more of interest

@rolo56000

A4

landscape ?

[rolo56000]

A4 portrait
html import table.zip (162.1 KB)

[fpy]

@rolo56000

too wide

@rolo56000

reopen

HTML IMPORT BUG EXAMPLEPLEPLE.odt (166.2 KB)

[rolo56000]

Same thing with your file. Table #2 is too wide even after changing table properties / saving /reopening.
Thanks a lot for having a look.

[ajlittoz]

You didn’t tell how you “imported” the HTML files. I assume you Inserted>Text from File on the HTML attachments.

When you do so, your tables are indeed too wide because HTML or CSS has configured them so.

Right-click inside the tables and Table Properties. Go to Table tab.

You see that Alignment has been forced to Left with an explicit large Width. Click on Automatic. This disables the explicit width to constrain table within page margin.

File> Save. When you reopen, your table is still within page margins.

Usually when you insert “foreign” text into Writer, double check that “foreign” format is still active (many input filters try to convert “foreign” format to equivalent ODF internal format, eventually disabling expected limits like page width).