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Old April 18th, 2006, 03:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Default Why do my table columns move again after I resize them?

When I resize a table column in Word, I drag the border to where I want it to
go, but then most of the time Word then changes the column width to something
entirely different - usually it's worse than before I did the resize! Is
this some automatic "helpful" feature that I can turn off? It's driving me
crazy!
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Old April 18th, 2006, 04:08 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Default Why do my table columns move again after I resize them?

Do you have auto resizing disabled already?

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"Meredith Thompson" Meredith wrote in
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When I resize a table column in Word, I drag the border to where I want it

to
go, but then most of the time Word then changes the column width to

something
entirely different - usually it's worse than before I did the resize! Is
this some automatic "helpful" feature that I can turn off? It's driving

me
crazy!


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Old April 18th, 2006, 05:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Default Why do my table columns move again after I resize them?

I have now disabled auto resizing, and it is better than before. It sometimes
still does strange things but nothing I can't live with! - thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have auto resizing disabled already?

--
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.

"Meredith Thompson" Meredith wrote in
message ...
When I resize a table column in Word, I drag the border to where I want it

to
go, but then most of the time Word then changes the column width to

something
entirely different - usually it's worse than before I did the resize! Is
this some automatic "helpful" feature that I can turn off? It's driving

me
crazy!



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Old April 20th, 2006, 02:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Default Why do my table columns move again after I resize them?

You may also want to choose TableAutoFitFixed Column Width; this
removes any percentage widths for the table and its columns and, as a
result, prevents column widths from changing (note that this option
also turns off the auto resizing, if it's enabled).

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"Meredith Thompson" wrote in message
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I have now disabled auto resizing, and it is better than before. It

sometimes
still does strange things but nothing I can't live with! - thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have auto resizing disabled already?

--
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.

"Meredith Thompson" Meredith

wrote in
message ...
When I resize a table column in Word, I drag the border to where

I want it
to
go, but then most of the time Word then changes the column width

to
something
entirely different - usually it's worse than before I did the

resize! Is
this some automatic "helpful" feature that I can turn off? It's

driving
me
crazy!






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Old July 31st, 2006, 01:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Default Why do my table columns move again after I resize them?

This has drove me crazy for an hour,

I finally went to format dropdown menu, Reveal formatting and check all the
formatting in the table and tuned it all off.

Final I split the table into two and made sure there was a paragraph break
between the tables and it seams to work now

Hope this helps

"Meredith Thompson" wrote:

When I resize a table column in Word, I drag the border to where I want it to
go, but then most of the time Word then changes the column width to something
entirely different - usually it's worse than before I did the resize! Is
this some automatic "helpful" feature that I can turn off? It's driving me
crazy!

 




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