Paragraph Handles in Cells -- Bug?

[rfast10340]

Hi...

The only way I can get paragraph handles of items in cells of a
table to appear as normal is to paste the items into the table cell
while the items are collapsed.

If I paste items into table cells while the items are expanded, the
handle does not appear in the cell, and I can only collapse/expand the
items by using the outlining toolbar.

The same thing happens if I simply create a collapsible outline in a
table cell by indenting one line under another while they are in a
cell -- the paragraph handle does not appear.

Is this normal behavior?

 

[Rainald Taesler]

The only way I can get paragraph handles of items in cells of a
table to appear as normal is to paste the items into the table cell
while the items are collapsed.

If I paste items into table cells while the items are expanded, the
handle does not appear in the cell, and I can only collapse/expand the
items by using the outlining toolbar.

The same thing happens if I simply create a collapsible outline in a
table cell by indenting one line under another while they are in a
cell -- the paragraph handle does not appear.

Is this normal behavior?

Yes, that's just normal behaviour.

You seem to be trying to combine two totally different features.

1.) Tables are one thing.
They are just a basic way of getting things organized with more than
just one column.

2.) Outlines are something totally different.
They allow for "outlining" ideas and sorting them in a hierarchical way.

Both approaches don't go together.
This technically (in the case of ON).

But furthermore both approaches IMHO won't go together *logically*.
I for one simply can not imagine a case where an outline might fit into
a table.

Rainald

 

[rfast10340]

Yes, that's just normal behaviour.

You seem to be trying to combine two totally different features.

1.) Tables are one thing.
They are just a basic way of getting things organized with more than
just one column.

2.) Outlines are something totally different.
They allow for "outlining" ideas and sorting them in a hierarchical way.

Both approaches don't go together.
This technically (in the case of ON).

But furthermore both approaches IMHO won't go together *logically*.
I for one simply can not imagine a case where an outline might fit into
a table.

Rainald

One of OneNote's strengths is its ability to accommodate storing all
sorts of information and allowing it to be organized in all sorts of
layouts.

I use tables exactly as you describe: organizing things. Among the
things I organize are items with other items indented underneath them
which need to be collapsed/expanded as needed. (Outlines?).

Many of my collapsible items are not technically outlines, however.
For example: I'm a law student and I take long paragraphs of hard to
understand legalese from statutes and summarize them into a a few
sentences in English. I then take the full text and indent and
collapse them under its summary. When I need the full text, I just
expand it.

That an example of an "outline" that I organize in a series of cells
in table.