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Sizing Complex Tables
I have a very complex table. I have done a lot of merging and splitting
cells. Some rows have multiple subrows and columns have multiple subcolumns. One row might have 5 columns and the row below may have 8 columns. I am having an awful time sizing this table. I have the table width set at 10 inches and the preferred size of columns and cells deselected. When I try to drag to resize columns sometimes the whole table size changes, some times the cell changes, some times it resizes momentarily and then jumps back to some other arbitrary size that I did not set. How do I gain complete manual control of column and subcolumn width? |
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Sometimes you can have better luck with the old Table | Cell Height and
Width dialog, which you can restore from Tools | Customize. -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... I have a very complex table. I have done a lot of merging and splitting cells. Some rows have multiple subrows and columns have multiple subcolumns. One row might have 5 columns and the row below may have 8 columns. I am having an awful time sizing this table. I have the table width set at 10 inches and the preferred size of columns and cells deselected. When I try to drag to resize columns sometimes the whole table size changes, some times the cell changes, some times it resizes momentarily and then jumps back to some other arbitrary size that I did not set. How do I gain complete manual control of column and subcolumn width? |
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This didn't really help much because the Cell Height and Width still changes
the width of the whole column, not just the cell. I have so many subcolumns that this does not help. I'm going to try redoing the table without subrows and subcolumns, get it organized the way I want and then merge cells at the very end to get the esthetics that I want. Thanks for your tip though, it's made me a smarter user. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sometimes you can have better luck with the old Table | Cell Height and Width dialog, which you can restore from Tools | Customize. -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... I have a very complex table. I have done a lot of merging and splitting cells. Some rows have multiple subrows and columns have multiple subcolumns. One row might have 5 columns and the row below may have 8 columns. I am having an awful time sizing this table. I have the table width set at 10 inches and the preferred size of columns and cells deselected. When I try to drag to resize columns sometimes the whole table size changes, some times the cell changes, some times it resizes momentarily and then jumps back to some other arbitrary size that I did not set. How do I gain complete manual control of column and subcolumn width? |
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If you have a single cell selected when you use Cell Height and Width, does
it still change the size of the whole column? -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... This didn't really help much because the Cell Height and Width still changes the width of the whole column, not just the cell. I have so many subcolumns that this does not help. I'm going to try redoing the table without subrows and subcolumns, get it organized the way I want and then merge cells at the very end to get the esthetics that I want. Thanks for your tip though, it's made me a smarter user. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sometimes you can have better luck with the old Table | Cell Height and Width dialog, which you can restore from Tools | Customize. -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... I have a very complex table. I have done a lot of merging and splitting cells. Some rows have multiple subrows and columns have multiple subcolumns. One row might have 5 columns and the row below may have 8 columns. I am having an awful time sizing this table. I have the table width set at 10 inches and the preferred size of columns and cells deselected. When I try to drag to resize columns sometimes the whole table size changes, some times the cell changes, some times it resizes momentarily and then jumps back to some other arbitrary size that I did not set. How do I gain complete manual control of column and subcolumn width? |
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Thanks for making me check this out. If the cursor is in a cell and I use
Cell Height and Width to resize, the whole column changes size. However, if I use the mouse to highlight the cell and then use Cell Height and Width, it appears that only the width of the selected cell changes. That's what I needed and I'll work some more and see how that goes. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you have a single cell selected when you use Cell Height and Width, does it still change the size of the whole column? -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... This didn't really help much because the Cell Height and Width still changes the width of the whole column, not just the cell. I have so many subcolumns that this does not help. I'm going to try redoing the table without subrows and subcolumns, get it organized the way I want and then merge cells at the very end to get the esthetics that I want. Thanks for your tip though, it's made me a smarter user. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sometimes you can have better luck with the old Table | Cell Height and Width dialog, which you can restore from Tools | Customize. -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... I have a very complex table. I have done a lot of merging and splitting cells. Some rows have multiple subrows and columns have multiple subcolumns. One row might have 5 columns and the row below may have 8 columns. I am having an awful time sizing this table. I have the table width set at 10 inches and the preferred size of columns and cells deselected. When I try to drag to resize columns sometimes the whole table size changes, some times the cell changes, some times it resizes momentarily and then jumps back to some other arbitrary size that I did not set. How do I gain complete manual control of column and subcolumn width? |
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This is true even if you're sizing the cell by dragging the cell borders.
You must use the mouse to select the cell first. -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... Thanks for making me check this out. If the cursor is in a cell and I use Cell Height and Width to resize, the whole column changes size. However, if I use the mouse to highlight the cell and then use Cell Height and Width, it appears that only the width of the selected cell changes. That's what I needed and I'll work some more and see how that goes. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you have a single cell selected when you use Cell Height and Width, does it still change the size of the whole column? -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... This didn't really help much because the Cell Height and Width still changes the width of the whole column, not just the cell. I have so many subcolumns that this does not help. I'm going to try redoing the table without subrows and subcolumns, get it organized the way I want and then merge cells at the very end to get the esthetics that I want. Thanks for your tip though, it's made me a smarter user. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sometimes you can have better luck with the old Table | Cell Height and Width dialog, which you can restore from Tools | Customize. -- 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. "BlueBingo52" wrote in message ... I have a very complex table. I have done a lot of merging and splitting cells. Some rows have multiple subrows and columns have multiple subcolumns. One row might have 5 columns and the row below may have 8 columns. I am having an awful time sizing this table. I have the table width set at 10 inches and the preferred size of columns and cells deselected. When I try to drag to resize columns sometimes the whole table size changes, some times the cell changes, some times it resizes momentarily and then jumps back to some other arbitrary size that I did not set. How do I gain complete manual control of column and subcolumn width? |
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