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Can't change column width with mouse
Now and then I find that I cannot change a column width by dragging its
border. As I drag everything appears to be working, but when I release the mouse button it snaps back to the original width. I cannot figure out the cause, any ideas? Word 2003 Thanks, -- Peter Aitken |
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Can't change column width with mouse
It's affected by other settings in the Table Properties: whether the table
as a whole has a preferred width setting, and whether the columns are set to AutoSize. "Peter A" wrote in message om... Now and then I find that I cannot change a column width by dragging its border. As I drag everything appears to be working, but when I release the mouse button it snaps back to the original width. I cannot figure out the cause, any ideas? Word 2003 Thanks, -- Peter Aitken |
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"Peter A" wrote:
Thanks for your reply, but this does not seem to be the problem. Giving the table a preferred width does not reproduce the problem, nor does using the AutoFit to Contents command. Can you be more specific? AutoFit to Contents looks like it's a command, but it really sets two different properties for the table: One that allows the table to AutoFit, and another for the type of AutoFit (to Contents). Word 2003 automatically sets the "AllowAutoFit" property to false when you try to change a column or cell width, but I'm not sure older versions behaved the same way. You might want to make sure the property is unchecked in "Tables Properties... Tables tab Options...". Additionally you could set AutoFit to fixed width. (This always unchecks the former property if it was checked) Not sure it'll help, but it's as good a guess as any I think. I've complained a few times that the interface should show the current AutoFit setting(s) for each table. At the very least, the current setting should get a check mark if you open the AutoFit menu. Better would be a visual indicator, say a formatting mark to the left of the table in Normal View. Word is pretty slow with large tables... Maybe it might help if you kept the mouse button at the new width a second or two? Also BTW, which Word version is this? Regards, Klaus Jezebel wrote: It's affected by other settings in the Table Properties: whether the table as a whole has a preferred width setting, and whether the columns are set to AutoSize. "Peter A" wrote in message om... Now and then I find that I cannot change a column width by dragging its border. As I drag everything appears to be working, but when I release the mouse button it snaps back to the original width. I cannot figure out the cause, any ideas? Word 2003 |
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Can't change column width with mouse
If you are working with a protected document, you might want to check this
microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921279/ It discusses the issue similar to yours: "You cannot drag the columns of a table that is in an unprotected section of a protected document in Word 2003" |
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Can't change column width with mouse
Peter,
If you are working in an unprotected section of a protected document, then your issue is discussed in Microsoft article he "You cannot drag the columns of a table that is in an unprotected section of a protected document in Word 2003" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9212...d=2530&sid=625 The article provides a fix - a windows registry key needs to be added. It fixes the tables's columns issue. I found another problem, this time I cannot resize a picture in an unportected section by dragging its border. I was not able to find a fix for it, though. |
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