[Issue 126637] New: problem converting Text to Table

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126637

          Issue ID: 126637
        Issue Type: DEFECT
           Summary: problem converting Text to Table
           Product: Writer
           Version: 4.1.2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: formatting
          Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
          Reporter: cwa5555@aol.com

select text in OpenOffice 4.1.2
use Table/Convert/Text to Table...

often times, this does not work as it should
because
there are hidden characters in the text, maybe inherited from another text
editor
or there are hidden character font and size changes in the text 

what to do :
select the text
and
paste it into notepad
be sure it displays properly in notepad
then select and copy the same text in notepad
and
paste it back into the OpenOffice document
try Table/Convert/Text to Table... again

this often corrects the conversion issue !

needed in OpenOffice Writer :  a hidden character filter applied to the Text
before being converted to Table

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[Issue 126637] problem converting Text to Table

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--- Comment #1 from cwa5555@aol.com ---
Created attachment 85120
  --> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/attachment.cgi?id=85120&action=edit
test case

                                              2006        2007        2008     
  2009        2010
NC Retirement benefits                  +$        +$740.00    +$          
+$733.93   +$731.62
Veterans Administration benefits    +$        +$337.00    +$           +$376.00
   +376.00
Social Security benefits                 +$        +$934.00    +$          
+$1047.00    +1047.00
BCBS insurance premium               -$        -$529.00    -$512.00    -$507.00
   -$507.00
Gross Income per Month                +$        +$2011.00    +$         
+$2157.00    +2155.00
Net Income per Month (after BCBS) +$        +$1482.00    +$        +$1650.00   
+1648.00
Costs of Carolina House    -$3000.00    -$3300.00    -$        -$4000.00   
-$3400.00    (<US average)
MAST LTC (prescription costs)        NA        NA        -$        -$400.00   
-$
Deficit per month            -$        -$2218.00    -$        -$2750.00

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oooforum <oo...@free.fr> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |oooforum@free.fr
         Resolution|---                         |NOT_AN_ISSUE

--- Comment #3 from oooforum <oo...@free.fr> ---
This is not a bug. To be convert in a table, Writer or Calc must have a text
with identical delimiter on each line or same number of space characters to set
as fixed width.

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--- Comment #2 from cwa5555@aol.com ---
Created attachment 85121
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what the test case should look like as Table after Conversion

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