Knowledge Base

WD6X: How to Automatically Size Table Columns

Article ID: 179159

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q179159

SUMMARY

After setting custom margins, you may find it necessary to resize an existing table to fit within the new margins. The following procedure describes these steps for Word for the Macintosh 6.x.

MORE INFORMATION

To resize the table to fit between the new margins, follow these steps:

  1. Select the entire table by holding down the OPTION key and double- clicking within the table.
  2. On the Table menu, click Cell Height And Width.
  3. Click the Column tab.
  4. The Width Of Columns setting will display the current measurements. Click the down arrow next to the box where this measurement is displayed. The number will be incremented to zero and will then display "Auto."
  5. Click OK.
For additional information about this problem in a later version of Microsoft Word for Macintosh, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

179162 WD98: How to Automatically size Table columns


Additional query words: macword6

Keywords: kbhowto kbtable KB179159


Send feedback to Microsoft

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.