Automatically Formatting column widths

So here is my situation:

I have a table with 2 columns and an unknown number of rows. I will be
exporting from another program into a Word document that contains this Word
table. I want to force the left column to span from leftmost edge of the
page (0.2" exactly) to 0.75". I then want to force the right column to span
from 0.75" to the right most edge of the page (0.75" from the right which is
about 7.2").

Can I use AutoFormat to do this?

Is there a better way to handle this? Say, templates perhaps?

Can you please give me some input on how to get Autoformat to do this?
Otherwise, can you direct me to information where I can learn more.

Thanks for any help!
Mike

Hi Mike,

I'm not sure I understand the problem. You're inserting a table, and it should
have the given settings. These are made in Table/Table Properties, in the
Columns tab.

But I don't understand what that has to do with exporting from another program
into the document that contains this table?

I have a table with 2 columns and an unknown number of rows. I will be
exporting from another program into a Word document that contains this Word
table. I want to force the left column to span from leftmost edge of the
page (0.2" exactly) to 0.75". I then want to force the right column to span
from 0.75" to the right most edge of the page (0.75" from the right which is
about 7.2").

Can I use AutoFormat to do this?

Is there a better way to handle this? Say, templates perhaps?

Can you please give me some input on how to get Autoformat to do this?
Otherwise, can you direct me to information where I can learn more.


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Cindy,

The program is exporting the information into an MS word table. Since the
export process creates the table, I have no way to define the column widths
at the time of creation. Rather, what I need to be able to to is to just
size the columns of an existing table at the click of a button (I dont want
the user to go through multiple steps to format this table. Just a few
clicks and voila). Will the Table Autoformat work for this?

Mike

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi Mike,

I'm not sure I understand the problem. You're inserting a table, and it should
have the given settings. These are made in Table/Table Properties, in the
Columns tab.

But I don't understand what that has to do with exporting from another program
into the document that contains this table?

I have a table with 2 columns and an unknown number of rows. I will be
exporting from another program into a Word document that contains this Word
table. I want to force the left column to span from leftmost edge of the
page (0.2" exactly) to 0.75". I then want to force the right column to span
from 0.75" to the right most edge of the page (0.75" from the right which is
about 7.2").

Can I use AutoFormat to do this?

Is there a better way to handle this? Say, templates perhaps?

Can you please give me some input on how to get Autoformat to do this?
Otherwise, can you direct me to information where I can learn more.


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Hi =?Utf-8?B?YmF1ZXIxNzJ1dw==?=,

The program is exporting the information into an MS word table. Since the
export process creates the table, I have no way to define the column widths
at the time of creation. Rather, what I need to be able to to is to just
size the columns of an existing table at the click of a button (I dont want
the user to go through multiple steps to format this table. Just a few
clicks and voila). Will the Table Autoformat work for this?

No, TableAutoFormat won't give you anything for setting column widths.

If this is being automated, the automation COULD set the widths, of course. $

Other than that, you'd need to provide the facility for the user. I have
trouble imagining a button IN the table, although you could certainly do that
(macrobutton field or ActiveX control).

I'd be more inclined to provide a custom toolbar with a button to pop up an
InputBox or whatever you deem most appropriate. Or you could even have it
bring up Word's built-in dialog box, if that's what you'd prefer.

Another possibility would be to use Events, so that you really do capture the
user "clicking in the table". (WindowSelectionChange), but you'd have to
really think through how/when you'd want it to fire.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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