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"automatically resize to fit contents" grayed out
I have a nested table within which I need to include a URL
for reference, however I do NOT want the width of the cell to resize to match the width of the (considerably long) URL. I know I should uncheck the "automatically resize to fit contents" checkbox in the table options dialog, however, it's grayed out, and checked, in the dialog and I can't figure out how to uncheck it. Oh, and it is unchecked for the table that holds this nested table. Any tips??!! Thanks, T |
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"automatically resize to fit contents" grayed out
It seems as though Word automatically checks (and greys out) the
"Automatically resize to fit contents" option for a table contained in the cell of another table. You can easily test this if you create two separate tables in a test document, clear the "Automatically resize..." option for both of them and then cut and paste one of the tables into a cell of the other. For the table contained within the other, you'll find that the option is greyed out and selected again. However, although the "Automatically resize..." option is selected, if you specify a fixed width for the nested table as well as for its columns, it does seem to keep the desired width. If this doesn't work for you, have you considered skipping the nested table, and instead use tabs within a cell of the "parent" table, or splitting the cells of the parent table? -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... I have a nested table within which I need to include a URL for reference, however I do NOT want the width of the cell to resize to match the width of the (considerably long) URL. I know I should uncheck the "automatically resize to fit contents" checkbox in the table options dialog, however, it's grayed out, and checked, in the dialog and I can't figure out how to uncheck it. Oh, and it is unchecked for the table that holds this nested table. Any tips??!! Thanks, T |
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"automatically resize to fit contents" grayed out
Yes, I noticed the behavior of the nested table being
automatically grayed out, and was hoping there was some way to override that. I tried setting a "fixed column width" but just want to be sure I did it correctly (oh, just realized I never said that I'm running Word 2002). I have my column at the desired width, then I right clicked in it, went to Autofit in the popup menu, then selected "Fixed Column Width." And for good measure, I also set a preferred column width in the table properties for both the nested table and the holding table. Still no luck though. I suppose I could try working in one table, but one of the main reasons why I have these nested tables, is that I'm incorporating tables from two different documents into one. I was hoping a quick copy/paste would do, especially since I have some graphic elements involved, but it's proving to be possibly more of a hassle than producing a brand new table. -T -----Original Message----- It seems as though Word automatically checks (and greys out) the "Automatically resize to fit contents" option for a table contained in the cell of another table. You can easily test this if you create two separate tables in a test document, clear the "Automatically resize..." option for both of them and then cut and paste one of the tables into a cell of the other. For the table contained within the other, you'll find that the option is greyed out and selected again. However, although the "Automatically resize..." option is selected, if you specify a fixed width for the nested table as well as for its columns, it does seem to keep the desired width. If this doesn't work for you, have you considered skipping the nested table, and instead use tabs within a cell of the "parent" table, or splitting the cells of the parent table? -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... I have a nested table within which I need to include a URL for reference, however I do NOT want the width of the cell to resize to match the width of the (considerably long) URL. I know I should uncheck the "automatically resize to fit contents" checkbox in the table options dialog, however, it's grayed out, and checked, in the dialog and I can't figure out how to uncheck it. Oh, and it is unchecked for the table that holds this nested table. Any tips??!! Thanks, T . |
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"automatically resize to fit contents" grayed out
I'm not sure exactly what problem you are having with setting column
widths manually. For problems with the Table Properties dialog box, see: How to sidestep the problems of the Word 2000 (and higher) Table Properties dialog http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropPrbs.htm And if you need to know everything about different ways to specify the widths of columns, see the section titled "Sizing rows and columns" in the following article: Table Basics http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... Yes, I noticed the behavior of the nested table being automatically grayed out, and was hoping there was some way to override that. I tried setting a "fixed column width" but just want to be sure I did it correctly (oh, just realized I never said that I'm running Word 2002). I have my column at the desired width, then I right clicked in it, went to Autofit in the popup menu, then selected "Fixed Column Width." And for good measure, I also set a preferred column width in the table properties for both the nested table and the holding table. Still no luck though. I suppose I could try working in one table, but one of the main reasons why I have these nested tables, is that I'm incorporating tables from two different documents into one. I was hoping a quick copy/paste would do, especially since I have some graphic elements involved, but it's proving to be possibly more of a hassle than producing a brand new table. -T -----Original Message----- It seems as though Word automatically checks (and greys out) the "Automatically resize to fit contents" option for a table contained in the cell of another table. You can easily test this if you create two separate tables in a test document, clear the "Automatically resize..." option for both of them and then cut and paste one of the tables into a cell of the other. For the table contained within the other, you'll find that the option is greyed out and selected again. However, although the "Automatically resize..." option is selected, if you specify a fixed width for the nested table as well as for its columns, it does seem to keep the desired width. If this doesn't work for you, have you considered skipping the nested table, and instead use tabs within a cell of the "parent" table, or splitting the cells of the parent table? -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... I have a nested table within which I need to include a URL for reference, however I do NOT want the width of the cell to resize to match the width of the (considerably long) URL. I know I should uncheck the "automatically resize to fit contents" checkbox in the table options dialog, however, it's grayed out, and checked, in the dialog and I can't figure out how to uncheck it. Oh, and it is unchecked for the table that holds this nested table. Any tips??!! Thanks, T . |
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"automatically resize to fit contents" grayed out
Alright, I've been wrestling with this for too long, and
now I think Word is just trying to spite me. What I do: Create a new blank document. Go to Table - Insert - Table In the dialog box, I had: number of columns: 2 number of rows: 2 selected the fixed column width option specified 1 inch as the width clicked OK to create the table Right clicked on the table and brought up table properties dialog Selected Options on the table tab Unchecked "Automatically resize to fit contents" Clicked OKs Chose a cell and typed a piece of text wider than the cell width. .... and lo and behold the cell and table expand to match the width of the word!! I then tried setting the column width both via the Table Properties dialog AND through the Cell Height and Width dialog as mentioned in the "How to Sidestep Problems..." document. No luck. It still automatically resizes to match the text... And it's not even the case that I have nested tables anymore. Can anyone else reproduce this or do I just have a messed up installation of Word? By the way, it's Windows 2002 (10.4219.2625). -T (ready to swear of Word tables forever) -----Original Message----- I'm not sure exactly what problem you are having with setting column widths manually. For problems with the Table Properties dialog box, see: How to sidestep the problems of the Word 2000 (and higher) Table Properties dialog http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropPrbs.htm And if you need to know everything about different ways to specify the widths of columns, see the section titled "Sizing rows and columns" in the following article: Table Basics http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... Yes, I noticed the behavior of the nested table being automatically grayed out, and was hoping there was some way to override that. I tried setting a "fixed column width" but just want to be sure I did it correctly (oh, just realized I never said that I'm running Word 2002). I have my column at the desired width, then I right clicked in it, went to Autofit in the popup menu, then selected "Fixed Column Width." And for good measure, I also set a preferred column width in the table properties for both the nested table and the holding table. Still no luck though. I suppose I could try working in one table, but one of the main reasons why I have these nested tables, is that I'm incorporating tables from two different documents into one. I was hoping a quick copy/paste would do, especially since I have some graphic elements involved, but it's proving to be possibly more of a hassle than producing a brand new table. -T -----Original Message----- It seems as though Word automatically checks (and greys out) the "Automatically resize to fit contents" option for a table contained in the cell of another table. You can easily test this if you create two separate tables in a test document, clear the "Automatically resize..." option for both of them and then cut and paste one of the tables into a cell of the other. For the table contained within the other, you'll find that the option is greyed out and selected again. However, although the "Automatically resize..." option is selected, if you specify a fixed width for the nested table as well as for its columns, it does seem to keep the desired width. If this doesn't work for you, have you considered skipping the nested table, and instead use tabs within a cell of the "parent" table, or splitting the cells of the parent table? -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... I have a nested table within which I need to include a URL for reference, however I do NOT want the width of the cell to resize to match the width of the (considerably long) URL. I know I should uncheck the "automatically resize to fit contents" checkbox in the table options dialog, however, it's grayed out, and checked, in the dialog and I can't figure out how to uncheck it. Oh, and it is unchecked for the table that holds this nested table. Any tips??!! Thanks, T . . |
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"automatically resize to fit contents" grayed out
I cannot reproduce your problem. Note that I'm still on Word 2000, so
it might be an issue of Word 2002. -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... Alright, I've been wrestling with this for too long, and now I think Word is just trying to spite me. What I do: Create a new blank document. Go to Table - Insert - Table In the dialog box, I had: number of columns: 2 number of rows: 2 selected the fixed column width option specified 1 inch as the width clicked OK to create the table Right clicked on the table and brought up table properties dialog Selected Options on the table tab Unchecked "Automatically resize to fit contents" Clicked OKs Chose a cell and typed a piece of text wider than the cell width. ... and lo and behold the cell and table expand to match the width of the word!! I then tried setting the column width both via the Table Properties dialog AND through the Cell Height and Width dialog as mentioned in the "How to Sidestep Problems..." document. No luck. It still automatically resizes to match the text... And it's not even the case that I have nested tables anymore. Can anyone else reproduce this or do I just have a messed up installation of Word? By the way, it's Windows 2002 (10.4219.2625). -T (ready to swear of Word tables forever) -----Original Message----- I'm not sure exactly what problem you are having with setting column widths manually. For problems with the Table Properties dialog box, see: How to sidestep the problems of the Word 2000 (and higher) Table Properties dialog http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropPrbs.htm And if you need to know everything about different ways to specify the widths of columns, see the section titled "Sizing rows and columns" in the following article: Table Basics http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... Yes, I noticed the behavior of the nested table being automatically grayed out, and was hoping there was some way to override that. I tried setting a "fixed column width" but just want to be sure I did it correctly (oh, just realized I never said that I'm running Word 2002). I have my column at the desired width, then I right clicked in it, went to Autofit in the popup menu, then selected "Fixed Column Width." And for good measure, I also set a preferred column width in the table properties for both the nested table and the holding table. Still no luck though. I suppose I could try working in one table, but one of the main reasons why I have these nested tables, is that I'm incorporating tables from two different documents into one. I was hoping a quick copy/paste would do, especially since I have some graphic elements involved, but it's proving to be possibly more of a hassle than producing a brand new table. -T -----Original Message----- It seems as though Word automatically checks (and greys out) the "Automatically resize to fit contents" option for a table contained in the cell of another table. You can easily test this if you create two separate tables in a test document, clear the "Automatically resize..." option for both of them and then cut and paste one of the tables into a cell of the other. For the table contained within the other, you'll find that the option is greyed out and selected again. However, although the "Automatically resize..." option is selected, if you specify a fixed width for the nested table as well as for its columns, it does seem to keep the desired width. If this doesn't work for you, have you considered skipping the nested table, and instead use tabs within a cell of the "parent" table, or splitting the cells of the parent table? -- Stefan Blom "T" wrote in message ... I have a nested table within which I need to include a URL for reference, however I do NOT want the width of the cell to resize to match the width of the (considerably long) URL. I know I should uncheck the "automatically resize to fit contents" checkbox in the table options dialog, however, it's grayed out, and checked, in the dialog and I can't figure out how to uncheck it. Oh, and it is unchecked for the table that holds this nested table. Any tips??!! Thanks, T . . |
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