With AutoFit set to "contents", Word continually tries to to optimize the
column widths (so as to minimize the table height, I guess).
That takes a lot of ressources, especially with large tables spanning
several pages, or lots of merged cells.

Setting it to "fixed" just means that Word no longer tries to do that.
There are no other bad effects. AutoFit doesn't always work that well when
there are a lot of merged cells anyway, I think.

Regards,
Klaus




"George Riley" wrote:
Klaus,
Setting the column width to "Fixed" worked!

I am embarassed to say that I can't find what other effects Autofit Column
Width Fixed is going to have on the table. It is a large table with
varied
column widths and complex cell merges both vertical and horizontal. The
change didn't have any obvious (yet) detrimental effect. Is it going to
cause problems further down the line (after a lot of work)?
George

"Klaus Linke" wrote:


Hi George,

Setting the table width to "fixed" (Table AutoFit) might perhaps help?

Regards,
Klaus

"George Riley" George wrote:
When I am editing a large table, which I do a LOT, the cursor flickers
crazily while the spellchecker icon is working in the bar at the bottom
of the window. I turned off the spellchecker, gramar checker and the
smart tags and the spellchecker icon went away. This makes the
flicker not las as long, but it still happens when I move the cursor.