As Doug pointed out, those settings are for newspaper-style columns, not
table columns. For that you need Table Properties. I'm not, however,
convinced that you actually have a table. With table gridlines displayed
(Table | Show Gridlines), do you actually see your text in individual cells?
Or are your columns perhaps created with tab characters or spaces? If so,
you can convert the text to a table.
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"RScotti" wrote in message
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Hi Suzanne,
Using format/Columns/number of columns (4) uncheck equal column width.
I can't find out how to change the column width correctly. When I change
the width it adds more columns than I need (5).
I put in four columns and it made five and the data is all missed up. Got
data from the second row in the first etc.
I applied this to the whole document from selected text also.
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:25:36 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:
If the text is in a table, then you should absolutely be able to add a
column to the left of the leftmost one. Select that column, right-click,
and
choose Add Columns; it will be to the left automatically. You'll probably
need to repair the column width (but you'd have to change it anyway, to
accommodate an extra column).
Have a good day,
RScotti
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