At 09:15 17/01/2008 +0100, Harald Noname wrote:
in writer I have inserted a table with three columns.
Is there a way to keep Col2 and Col3 width when I increase the width
of Col1? At the moment the table width seems to be fixed.
Yes.
In the Table Format dialogue (Table | Table Properties... or
right-click | Table...), on the Table tab, you will already have set
Alignment to something other than Automatic, and Width to what you
need. Now go to the Columns tab, and tick "Adapt table width" before
adjusting the required column width lower down in that panel. Where
possible, the table width changes instead of the other column widths.
I expected that the tick in "Adapt table width" box would stick, so
that you could tick this first and then adjust the column widths
using the mouse, but this appears not to be the case (on my 2.3.1 on
Windows XP). Is this a bug?
You can also adjust the column widths using the keyboard. Put the
cursor into the appropriate column and then use Alt+right arrow to
increase or Alt+left arrow to decrease the width of that column. To
achieve the behaviour you need, the setting at Tools | Options... |
OpenOffice.org Writer | Table | Keyboard handling | Behavior of
rows/columns will have to be Variable, but this appears to be the
default. You can change the size of the steps at the same place,
under "Move cells", but note that the box labelled Row appears to set
the increment for column width.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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