fit cell into a cell

[brian83]

Hey, I wondered if there's a simple way to convert a line in a table-cell into a cell which fits the width of the cell it's in, and which doesn't affect the other columns in the table?

I know you can do the "convert text to table", but that doesn't make the width of the new cell fit into the cell it's inside dynamically

Something like this:


http://bildr.no/view/a2lYbytZ

[macropod]

You could, but you can achieve the same visual result by applying vertical splits to the cell.

[brian83]

But I need to convert the line into a cell inside only that specific cell, isn't there a way to do this without splitting the whole cell in three and align it afterwards?

[macropod]

As I said, you could. You do so by selecting the line, then choosing Insert>Table>Convert Text to Table. Your line will become a nested table. Unless you've set the internal cell margins to 0 left & right, though, you're liable to find you new table has its own left & right borders displayed within the existing cell. And, even with that setting, you'll probably need to delete the new table's left & right borders so they don't make the outer table's border appear thicker at that point. Splitting the cell vertically and moving the components about requires less circumlocution.