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MS Office Forum / Word / Tables / July 2006Why 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! Do you have auto resizing disabled already?  SignatureSuzanne 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. > 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! 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. > Do you have auto resizing disabled already? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > me > > crazy! You may also want to choose Table>AutoFit>Fixed 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). SignatureStefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP > 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. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > me > > > crazy! 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 > 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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