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Column resizing problems -- help?
I've searched & read threads on column resizing, but my problem persists.
Hoping someone can help! I have a document consisting of multiple (independent) tables. The top two rows of cells contain identifying text for what's in that particular table. In the default template I created, the cells are just wide enough for the words they contain -- initially, "preferred width" is checked. But when I replace this text with anything longer -- replacing "Eyes" with "Eyelashes", for example -- the cell does not expand to accommodate the new text. Neither "Wrap Text" NOR "Fit Text" are checked under the Cell tab in Table Properties, nor is "Automatically resize to fit contents" under Table. If I manually resize the column to fit the text, the entire table resizes to the right, often right off the page boundary. I can right-click and choose "Autofit to contents", but this makes the cells become part of the columns underneath them and throws everything way off. I've tried turning all the above settings on AND off, with the same results. This template will be used to edit dozens if not hundreds of documents formatted the same way, so I really need these cells to resize for new text content, without resizing the right margin of the table and without having to manually compute column widths for every single one. Can anyone help..??? |
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I'm confused. If you want the table to resize to fit the contents, why do
you have that option disabled? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "bmuse21" wrote in message ... I've searched & read threads on column resizing, but my problem persists. Hoping someone can help! I have a document consisting of multiple (independent) tables. The top two rows of cells contain identifying text for what's in that particular table. In the default template I created, the cells are just wide enough for the words they contain -- initially, "preferred width" is checked. But when I replace this text with anything longer -- replacing "Eyes" with "Eyelashes", for example -- the cell does not expand to accommodate the new text. Neither "Wrap Text" NOR "Fit Text" are checked under the Cell tab in Table Properties, nor is "Automatically resize to fit contents" under Table. If I manually resize the column to fit the text, the entire table resizes to the right, often right off the page boundary. I can right-click and choose "Autofit to contents", but this makes the cells become part of the columns underneath them and throws everything way off. I've tried turning all the above settings on AND off, with the same results. This template will be used to edit dozens if not hundreds of documents formatted the same way, so I really need these cells to resize for new text content, without resizing the right margin of the table and without having to manually compute column widths for every single one. Can anyone help..??? |
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If you want column size to change to fit the contents of the cells,
you'll have to check the option to "Automatically resize to fit contents" (in TableTable PropertiesTable tabOptions) and make sure that no "Preferred width" has been set for columns, individual cells, or the entire table (Column tab, Cell tab, and Table tab in TableTable Properties). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "bmuse21" wrote in messsage ... I've searched & read threads on column resizing, but my problem persists. Hoping someone can help! I have a document consisting of multiple (independent) tables. The top two rows of cells contain identifying text for what's in that particular table. In the default template I created, the cells are just wide enough for the words they contain -- initially, "preferred width" is checked. But when I replace this text with anything longer -- replacing "Eyes" with "Eyelashes", for example -- the cell does not expand to accommodate the new text. Neither "Wrap Text" NOR "Fit Text" are checked under the Cell tab in Table Properties, nor is "Automatically resize to fit contents" under Table. If I manually resize the column to fit the text, the entire table resizes to the right, often right off the page boundary. I can right-click and choose "Autofit to contents", but this makes the cells become part of the columns underneath them and throws everything way off. I've tried turning all the above settings on AND off, with the same results. This template will be used to edit dozens if not hundreds of documents formatted the same way, so I really need these cells to resize for new text content, without resizing the right margin of the table and without having to manually compute column widths for every single one. Can anyone help..??? |
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