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Word 2002 : problem with tables Autofit / Fixed colum width

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Daniel - 29 Aug 2005 23:54 GMT
Hello everybody.

Not a major issue, but it bothers me a lot.

Until now, whenever I created a table using the toolbar "insert table"
button, the columns of the table inserted had a fixed width. It had always
been like this.

Now, for some reason, the default setting is autofit (auto resizing) : cells
automatically resize to fit the text entered. And because I do not want
this, everytime I insert a table using this button I then have to change its
properties.

How can I set the default settings to be "Fixed column width" whenever I use
the insert table button ?

Anyone ?

Many thanks in advance for your kind help.
Best regards,
Daniel
PS
Sorry about my lousy English.
Bob   Buckland ?:-) - 31 Aug 2005 15:47 GMT
Hi Daniel,

If you use Table=>Insert=>Table do you get a dialog
box for setting up the table?  On the bottom of the
dialog should be a checkbox that lets you make the
next selected table settings your default.

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Hello everybody.

Not a major issue, but it bothers me a lot.

Until now, whenever I created a table using the toolbar "insert table"
button, the columns of the table inserted had a fixed width. It had always
been like this.

Now, for some reason, the default setting is autofit (auto resizing) : cells
automatically resize to fit the text entered. And because I do not want
this, everytime I insert a table using this button I then have to change its
properties.

How can I set the default settings to be "Fixed column width" whenever I use
the insert table button ?

Anyone ?

Many thanks in advance for your kind help.
Best regards,
Daniel >>
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Daniel - 31 Aug 2005 18:03 GMT
Hello Bob,

Thank you for your message.
Yest indeed I get this checkbox and checked it, to no avail.

As I got fed up with this problem I decided to repair Word, using the
built-in feature, and things seem to be back to normal .

Many thanks again for your kind help.
Brgds,
Daniel

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