fix a column width

[BeckyB]

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.

 

[macropod]

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

 

[BeckyB]

Thanks macropod but I already have them all set to "zero".

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]
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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.

 

[Klaus Linke]

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

 

[macropod]

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

 

[Klaus Linke]

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

 

[macropod]

Hi Klaus,

With 37 columns, that extra 0.01 per column might make all the difference!

Cheers

 

[macropod]

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]
-------------------------

Thanks macropod but I already have them all set to "zero".

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]
-------------------------

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.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

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?

 

[macropod]

2007 seems fine.

Cheers

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

2007 seems fine.

Good to know.
It only took 12 versions before they fixed it...