[gvm]

Sometimes I place the cursor over the column line in a table, the cursor
changes to a pair of vertical parallel lines, I click in order to change the
width of the column by dragging it, and it doesn't move! Is it because the
autoformat is running out of control and I don't know how to over-ride it? or
what? I go to Table / table properties /table options and turn off
automatically resize but that doesn't help. Sometimes Microsoft tries so hard
to help users that Microsoft makes users unproductive!

[Graham Mayor]

It won't move if the table already fills the page width between the margins
and if by doing so the table would exceed that page width.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


gvm wrote:
Sometimes I place the cursor over the column line in a table, the
cursor changes to a pair of vertical parallel lines, I click in order
to change the width of the column by dragging it, and it doesn't
move! Is it because the autoformat is running out of control and I
don't know how to over-ride it? or what? I go to Table / table
properties /table options and turn off automatically resize but that
doesn't help. Sometimes Microsoft tries so hard to help users that
Microsoft makes users unproductive!

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

In addition to what Graham said, this won't work if the table is a
"floating" table. In TableProperties, check that Text Wrapping is set to
"None".

And yes, Microsoft is so determined to prevent you making a "mistake" that
it often prevents you making *anything*.


On 8/8/06 4:09 PM, in article
, "gvm"
wrote:

Sometimes I place the cursor over the column line in a table, the cursor
changes to a pair of vertical parallel lines, I click in order to change the
width of the column by dragging it, and it doesn't move! Is it because the
autoformat is running out of control and I don't know how to over-ride it? or
what? I go to Table / table properties /table options and turn off
automatically resize but that doesn't help. Sometimes Microsoft tries so hard
to help users that Microsoft makes users unproductive!

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Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

[gvm]

Thanks Graham, and is this still the case even if you try to lessen the
column width?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It won't move if the table already fills the page width between the margins
and if by doing so the table would exceed that page width.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


gvm wrote:
Sometimes I place the cursor over the column line in a table, the
cursor changes to a pair of vertical parallel lines, I click in order
to change the width of the column by dragging it, and it doesn't
move! Is it because the autoformat is running out of control and I
don't know how to over-ride it? or what? I go to Table / table
properties /table options and turn off automatically resize but that
doesn't help. Sometimes Microsoft tries so hard to help users that
Microsoft makes users unproductive!