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Old July 20th, 2004, 09:50 AM
Stefan Blom
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Default "automatically resize to fit contents" grayed out

It seems as though Word automatically checks (and greys out) the
"Automatically resize to fit contents" option for a table contained in
the cell of another table. You can easily test this if you create two
separate tables in a test document, clear the "Automatically
resize..." option for both of them and then cut and paste one of the
tables into a cell of the other. For the table contained within the
other, you'll find that the option is greyed out and selected again.

However, although the "Automatically resize..." option is selected, if
you specify a fixed width for the nested table as well as for its
columns, it does seem to keep the desired width. If this doesn't work
for you, have you considered skipping the nested table, and instead
use tabs within a cell of the "parent" table, or splitting the cells
of the parent table?

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Stefan Blom


"T" wrote in message
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I have a nested table within which I need to include a URL
for reference, however I do NOT want the width of the cell
to resize to match the width of the (considerably long)
URL. I know I should uncheck the "automatically resize to
fit contents" checkbox in the table options dialog,
however, it's grayed out, and checked, in the dialog and I
can't figure out how to uncheck it.

Oh, and it is unchecked for the table that holds this
nested table. Any tips??!!

Thanks,
T