Gnumeric cell 'spreading'

[John Coppens <john jcoppens com>]

Hi all.

I must be missing something here:

1) Set a text in a cell, and 'spread' it over 4 horizontal cells
   (using the <-a-> button)

2) Unset the 'spreading' click on the same button.

3) Now try to 'spread' the text over 2 horizontal cells - it 
   actually covers 4 again! 

I can't seem to make the cell forget the original 4. Is there a trick to
this? Is this a 'feature' or a bug?

John