There are several different ways of changing column width that have varying
effects on adjacent columns. Confusingly, these are different depending on
whether you are dragging the actual cell boundaries or the column markers on
the ruler. For a complete rundown, see the appropriate section of
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm
FWIW, I never can remember any of them and usually just try Ctrl and Shift
alternately till I find the one that works. g
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"StevenM" stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net wrote in message
...
To: Jean-Guy Marcil,
Either I didn't understand Bill's question, or I didn't understand your
answer. Eitherway, I've always wanted to know this: if a table takes up
(for
example) only 3/4ths of a page and you want to expland one of the columns
(left of the most right column), is there anyway to expand this column so
that the whole table expands rather than have the columns to the right
squash
up?
Just in case I'm not being clear: If a table takes up less than the width
of
a page, is there anyway to expand a column (left of the most right column)
so
that the other columns do not become any smaller, but rather the whole
table
becomes larger?
I tried moving the left boarder of a column, and it didn't have this
effect
(unless, of course, it is the right most column), the table remained the
same
size and the other columns became smaller.
Steven Craig Miller
"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:
"Bill" wrote:
Hi All,
Assuming there is enough width available on the page is there anyway to
change the width of a column in the middle of a table without squashing
up
the others to the right, i.e. it just moves them all across as is?
Instead of grabbing the column right border in the table itself (which
will,
as you noted, "squash up" the others to the right), grab the column left
border marker on the ruler.This will move the the columns that are to the
right instead of reducing the width of the column immediately to the
right of
the border you wish to move.