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Subject:RE: Locked column widths in Word tables? From:"Steve Hudson" <cruddy -at- optushome -dot- com -dot- au> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 May 2002 08:35:44 +1000
There is also a Table > Options > Table > Options for Autoresize to fit
contents that may be causing problems.
Ensure Table > Options has Fixed width cleared itself.
Try doing a column at a time.
If all else fails, try Convert Table to Text and then Convert Text to Table.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Hall
Subject: Locked column widths in Word tables?
Okay, speaking of Word bugs...
I'm editing a db schema doc with a series of tables that
provide the attributes, data types, etc. of actual tables
in the database - about 100 tables, all told.
The tables were created by someone else and the column
widths appear to be "locked." Opening the table
properties, I can clear the "fixed width" checkboxes in
the column and cell tabs, but for some reason it isn't
getting "applied." When I re-open the table properties
dialog, the boxes are checked again.
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