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Word tables: let us make rows same width
Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to
be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
" If the rows are not quite the same
width, there's no way to make them the same width. " Nonsense. Go to Table Properties and set the widths. |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
The exact behaviour of Preferred Widths is a bit difficult to get used to in
non-standard situations. However, to precisely set cell widths you can .. (a) use the old Column Width dialog. To get this go to Tools Customize Commands (tab) Select "All Commands" under Categories Scroll down to find TableColumnWidth Click and Drag it to your favourite toolbar (b) Press and hold Alt while dragging the cell edge. -- Enjoy, Tony "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=7466fab8-31 1e-489a-a5b3-2afd5ef3b49c&dg=microsoft.public.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
No Jezebel, not in every case. I can have two tables, one slightly wider than
the other. Table Properties assures me that the preferred width for both is 100%, on the same page. But they're not the same width. I can try to drag one to be the same width as the other, but it's often impossible--yes, impossible for me--to do so. I wish my problem were nonsense; it ought to be; but it isn't. "Joe Lewis" wrote: Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
I can join the tables, then use Table|Autofit|Distribute Columns Evenly to
ensure that both tables are the same width. But this leaves me with all columns of the same width, and that's not what I want. I want to manage the table width independently of the cell width, as if I were using HTML. It seems like a reasonable request: I just want to be able to align two rows so they're the same width, without affecting the columns. "Tony Jollans" wrote: The exact behaviour of Preferred Widths is a bit difficult to get used to in non-standard situations. However, to precisely set cell widths you can .. (a) use the old Column Width dialog. To get this go to Tools Customize Commands (tab) Select "All Commands" under Categories Scroll down to find TableColumnWidth Click and Drag it to your favourite toolbar (b) Press and hold Alt while dragging the cell edge. -- Enjoy, Tony "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=7466fab8-31 1e-489a-a5b3-2afd5ef3b49c&dg=microsoft.public.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
Perhaps you didn't read my answer carefully. Don't drag: go to the Table
Properties dialog and *SET* the width. "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... No Jezebel, not in every case. I can have two tables, one slightly wider than the other. Table Properties assures me that the preferred width for both is 100%, on the same page. But they're not the same width. I can try to drag one to be the same width as the other, but it's often impossible--yes, impossible for me--to do so. I wish my problem were nonsense; it ought to be; but it isn't. "Joe Lewis" wrote: Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
I find I can set the width for two tables to 100% or even to 5.75 inches, and
if they start a slightly different width, setting the width in Table Properties doesn't fix it. Maybe there's something wrong with what I do, or my version of W2003, but that's my experience. "Joe Lewis" wrote: Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/TablePropPrbs.htm
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... I find I can set the width for two tables to 100% or even to 5.75 inches, and if they start a slightly different width, setting the width in Table Properties doesn't fix it. Maybe there's something wrong with what I do, or my version of W2003, but that's my experience. "Joe Lewis" wrote: Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
Sorry, Joe, but you've lost me. You cannot manage table width independently
of cell width - if you change the table width the width of at least one cell must also change. Is there some problem with either or both of the methods I have given you for precisely setting cell widths? -- Enjoy, Tony "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... I can join the tables, then use Table|Autofit|Distribute Columns Evenly to ensure that both tables are the same width. But this leaves me with all columns of the same width, and that's not what I want. I want to manage the table width independently of the cell width, as if I were using HTML. It seems like a reasonable request: I just want to be able to align two rows so they're the same width, without affecting the columns. "Tony Jollans" wrote: The exact behaviour of Preferred Widths is a bit difficult to get used to in non-standard situations. However, to precisely set cell widths you can ... (a) use the old Column Width dialog. To get this go to Tools Customize Commands (tab) Select "All Commands" under Categories Scroll down to find TableColumnWidth Click and Drag it to your favourite toolbar (b) Press and hold Alt while dragging the cell edge. -- Enjoy, Tony "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=7466fab8-31 1e-489a-a5b3-2afd5ef3b49c&dg=microsoft.public.word.tables |
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Word tables: let us make rows same width
I think the issue is that Joe wants a table in which either of two columns
consumes exactly half of a set width. In another row with three columns, each column would be allocated exactly one third of the same total width. -- 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. "Tony Jollans" My Forename at My Surname dot com wrote in message ... Sorry, Joe, but you've lost me. You cannot manage table width independently of cell width - if you change the table width the width of at least one cell must also change. Is there some problem with either or both of the methods I have given you for precisely setting cell widths? -- Enjoy, Tony "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... I can join the tables, then use Table|Autofit|Distribute Columns Evenly to ensure that both tables are the same width. But this leaves me with all columns of the same width, and that's not what I want. I want to manage the table width independently of the cell width, as if I were using HTML. It seems like a reasonable request: I just want to be able to align two rows so they're the same width, without affecting the columns. "Tony Jollans" wrote: The exact behaviour of Preferred Widths is a bit difficult to get used to in non-standard situations. However, to precisely set cell widths you can .. (a) use the old Column Width dialog. To get this go to Tools Customize Commands (tab) Select "All Commands" under Categories Scroll down to find TableColumnWidth Click and Drag it to your favourite toolbar (b) Press and hold Alt while dragging the cell edge. -- Enjoy, Tony "Joe Lewis" wrote in message ... Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in row 1 need to be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite the same width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split the rows into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same "preferred" width, but this does not always set them to an exact width. Frustrating! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=7466fab8-31 1e-489a-a5b3-2afd5ef3b49c&dg=microsoft.public.word.tables |
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