My mother wants to make something like the image.

The table with images

Currently, she has to use a proprietary word processor, with no good way to control the size and margins. Hopefully there is a better way to achieve the same with less ceremony.

The features we need:

  • Create tables with images/texts on each cell (images should be embedded inside each cell)
  • Merge some cells together to make a good-looking table
  • Multi-line texts in some cells, with formattings like boldface
  • CJK language support

Then, good flexibility to control size of cells would be nice - the more intuitive, the better. Both locally installed program or web-based app is fine.

Are there software for this purpose? Thanks a lot in advance!

  • u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    8·
    8 days ago

    You can do all of those using Google Sheets or Excel. For open source program… not sure if LibreOffice Calc can insert image in to cell, since I never use it for that, but I’m guessing it can.

    • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
      16·
      8 days ago

      Just tried it out (never had to put an image in a table before). It works.

      • Image in cell ✔
      • Image resize in cell ✔
      • Merge split cells ✔
      • Multiline in cell ✔
      • Bold/Italics/Underline/Strikethrough ✔
      • Full Unicode ✔
        • I used KCharSelect to insert unicode characters, but am assuming you have a specific keyboard to do the correct stuff for you.
      • Easily change cell size with merge and centred cells nearby ✔
        • I just typed multiline text and the cell resized the way I expected. I could also just drag the borders to resize.
      • Intuitivity: This was the first time I was doing these specific things in LibreOffice Writer and I didn’t have to read a manual. I just looked at the icons on the bar on the top and tried right-click menus. The whole suite of above tests took <5min.
      • u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        8 days ago

        Thanks for trying it out. Just for clarification this is for LibreOffice Writer right? I’m assuming if Writer can do it, Calc probably can too.

        • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
          3·
          8 days ago

          Yes, I used Writer instead because OP’s image looked like it would be better suited for the table being embedded in a page layout.