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April 14th, 2008, 02:01 PM
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fix a column width
I am creating a table which has 37 columns and the columns must have a fixed
width. The automatically resize to fit contents is unchecked and I have set the table as fixed column width. Still the column width on the narrower columns changes from 0.3cm to 0.31 cm. Can anyone help me with this as I am tearing my Hair out. 
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April 14th, 2008, 02:36 PM
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Hi Becky,
On the Table tab, click on the Options button and make sure the left & right cell margins are sufficiently small (eg 0.1cm). Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "BeckyB" wrote in message news  I am creating a table which has 37 columns and the columns must have a fixed width. The automatically resize to fit contents is unchecked and I have set the table as fixed column width. Still the column width on the narrower columns changes from 0.3cm to 0.31 cm. Can anyone help me with this as I am tearing my Hair out.
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April 14th, 2008, 03:19 PM
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Thanks macropod but I already have them all set to "zero".
"macropod" wrote: Hi Becky, On the Table tab, click on the Options button and make sure the left & right cell margins are sufficiently small (eg 0.1cm). Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "BeckyB" wrote in message news I am creating a table which has 37 columns and the columns must have a fixed width. The automatically resize to fit contents is unchecked and I have set the table as fixed column width. Still the column width on the narrower columns changes from 0.3cm to 0.31 cm. Can anyone help me with this as I am tearing my Hair out.
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April 14th, 2008, 07:02 PM
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I'm not sure I understand what you're doing...
You set the column width to 0.3 cm, and then when you open the dialog again it shows 0.31 cm? Could be a rounding error... One tenth of a millimeter isn't something you will notice. Regards, Klaus
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April 14th, 2008, 09:53 PM
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Hi Klaus,
Using Word 2000 and 2007, when I set the columns width to 0.3cm and have 0.1cm left & right margins (or less), a 0.3cm width is what Word says I get, not 0.31cm. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I understand what you're doing... You set the column width to 0.3 cm, and then when you open the dialog again it shows 0.31 cm? Could be a rounding error... One tenth of a millimeter isn't something you will notice. Regards, Klaus
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April 14th, 2008, 10:16 PM
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"macropod" wrote:
Hi Klaus, Using Word 2000 and 2007, when I set the columns width to 0.3cm and have 0.1cm left & right margins (or less), a 0.3cm width is what Word says I get, not 0.31cm. That's what I see, and the reason I asked g OTOH, I think Word calculates internally with multiples of 0.05 pt. If you use millimeters or centimeters, it's not too uncommon to have Word change the value a tiny bit, to the nearest multiple of 0.05 pt. If that's what happened, it wouldn't cause me to tear my hair out, as Becky does. Regards, Klaus
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April 14th, 2008, 10:49 PM
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Hi Klaus,
With 37 columns, that extra 0.01 per column might make all the difference! Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "macropod" wrote: Hi Klaus, Using Word 2000 and 2007, when I set the columns width to 0.3cm and have 0.1cm left & right margins (or less), a 0.3cm width is what Word says I get, not 0.31cm. That's what I see, and the reason I asked g OTOH, I think Word calculates internally with multiples of 0.05 pt. If you use millimeters or centimeters, it's not too uncommon to have Word change the value a tiny bit, to the nearest multiple of 0.05 pt. If that's what happened, it wouldn't cause me to tear my hair out, as Becky does. Regards, Klaus
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April 14th, 2008, 11:06 PM
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Hi Becky,
Just a thought: Older versions of Word (eg Word 2000) were fussy about how small and adjustment one could make to a column's width. I often found I needed to, say, increase the width by 0.5cm or more before reducing it by 0.6cm if all I wanted to do was to decrease the width by 0.1cm. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "BeckyB" wrote in message ... Thanks macropod but I already have them all set to "zero". "macropod" wrote: Hi Becky, On the Table tab, click on the Options button and make sure the left & right cell margins are sufficiently small (eg 0.1cm). Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "BeckyB" wrote in message news I am creating a table which has 37 columns and the columns must have a fixed width. The automatically resize to fit contents is unchecked and I have set the table as fixed column width. Still the column width on the narrower columns changes from 0.3cm to 0.31 cm. Can anyone help me with this as I am tearing my Hair out.
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April 15th, 2008, 02:10 PM
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"macropod" wrote:
Hi Becky, Just a thought: Older versions of Word (eg Word 2000) were fussy about how small and adjustment one could make to a column's width. I often found I needed to, say, increase the width by 0.5cm or more before reducing it by 0.6cm if all I wanted to do was to decrease the width by 0.1cm. Word 2003 is still like that... I can't believe they haven't fixed that... Or have they? Is 2007 still like that?
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April 15th, 2008, 02:49 PM
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2007 seems fine.
Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote in message ... "macropod" wrote: Hi Becky, Just a thought: Older versions of Word (eg Word 2000) were fussy about how small and adjustment one could make to a column's width. I often found I needed to, say, increase the width by 0.5cm or more before reducing it by 0.6cm if all I wanted to do was to decrease the width by 0.1cm. Word 2003 is still like that... I can't believe they haven't fixed that... Or have they? Is 2007 still like that?
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