Benjamin Slade <slade@jnanam.net> writes:

> One potential solution would be an orgmode setup which produces
> borderless tables with an "optimal width" column setting. I don't know
> how to do this in orgmode though (or if it can be done currently).

This feature is available only in my private repo.  

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If you are using Git see instructions at:

    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-12/msg00522.html

   (Search for "Download")

Once you download and copy the ox-odt.el file, make sure you do

    M-x byte-compile-file

to create .elc file.

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1. Identity where your styles files come from.  Look at the *Messages*
   buffer for clue.

2. Open OrgOdtContentTemplate.xml and find a style named
"CustomTableCell".  Edit it so that it has no borders.

Replace this

    <style:style style:name="CustomTableCell" style:family="table-cell">
      <style:table-cell-properties style:vertical-align="top" fo:background-color="#ffffff" fo:padding="0.097cm" fo:border-left="0.002cm solid #000000" fo:border-right="0.002cm solid #000000" fo:border-top="0.002cm solid #000000" fo:border-bottom="0.002cm solid #000000">

with this:

    <style:style style:name="CustomTableCell" style:family="table-cell">
      <style:table-cell-properties style:vertical-align="top"
      fo:background-color="#ffffff" fo:padding="0.097cm">


3. Create a tables as below.  ("GriddedTable" is part of C-h v
   `org-odt-table-styles').  WARNING: Don't try to understand the
   documentation.  I don't it understand it myself.

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