Pasting rows changes column widths

[mjschwartz9996]

Hi --

I have this problem in many of my tables...

I have a "Autofit to Contents" table with a bunch of rows. At times
when I cut-and-paste rows to rearrange the able the column widths of
the pasted rows get changed such that they tightly fit the contents of
that row, but not the table as a whole. So the column widths of the
pasted row don't match the table.

Once this has happened the only way I've found to fix the table is to
select the entire table, "Distribute Columns Evenly" then "Autofit to
Contents" again.

This doesn't happen every time or on every table, but I can't figure
out the pattern.

Anyone know what's going on and how to avoid it?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Peter A]

Hi --

I have this problem in many of my tables...

I have a "Autofit to Contents" table with a bunch of rows. At times
when I cut-and-paste rows to rearrange the able the column widths of
the pasted rows get changed such that they tightly fit the contents of
that row, but not the table as a whole. So the column widths of the
pasted row don't match the table.

Once this has happened the only way I've found to fix the table is to
select the entire table, "Distribute Columns Evenly" then "Autofit to
Contents" again.

This doesn't happen every time or on every table, but I can't figure
out the pattern.

Anyone know what's going on and how to avoid it?

Thanks,
Mike

Try turning on the Preferred Width option in the Columns section of the
Table Properties dialog box.

 

[Henk57]

@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com, (e-mail address removed) says...-
Hi --

I have this problem in many of my tables...

I have a "Autofit to Contents" table with a bunch of rows. At times
when I cut-and-paste rows to rearrange the able the column widths of
the pasted rows get changed such that they tightly fit the contents
of
that row, but not the table as a whole. So the column widths of the
pasted row don't match the table.

Once this has happened the only way I've found to fix the table is to
select the entire table, "Distribute Columns Evenly" then "Autofit to
Contents" again.

This doesn't happen every time or on every table, but I can't figure
out the pattern.

Anyone know what's going on and how to avoid it?

Thanks,
Mike
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Try turning on the Preferred Width option in the Columns section of the

Table Properties dialog box.

FWIW, you can move entire rows in a table to rearrange their order
without c/p. Put your ciursor in a cell of the row to be moved, and
hold Shift+Alt pressed, while hitting [ArrowUp] (or [ArrowDwn] for that
matter).