Resizing table in Word2000

[Rob v. Albada]

Hi,

I am using Word for Windows (Word2000) version 9.0.2823 (Dutch).

A four column table is wider than the page and therefore does not
print properly.
Resizing seems impossible.
I tried the tips in:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropProbs.htm

but it still does not work. I wanted to resize the four columns to 3
cm, later to 2 cm, but even that did not change anything.
The columns remain the same width.

Isn't there a patch available for Word2000 which repairs the missing
tables functions?
Some other tips? Does the language (in my case Dutch) make any
difference?


Kindest regards and a very happy New Year,

Rob van Albada, Amsterdam.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Drag the column boundaries (various ones as needed, starting from the left)
till all the columns fit between the margins. Then select the entire table,
right-click, and choose "Distribute Columns Evenly."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Candice Mesk]

Although Suzanne's suggestion will work, it could take some time...

Click anywhere within the table. Expand the Table menu, select the Table
AutoFit options and choose the AutoFit to page/window selection. Not sure of
exact command names, but it goes something like this.

 

[Rob v. Albada]

Thanks for your answer, but it does not work (as I explained before).

I can drag as much as I like, but the table will NOT change.
I see a vertical line moving from left to right on screen, but when I
remove my hand from the mouse, the table will look the same as before.
No difference whether I had selected a column or the whole table.

What else can I do - please explain in detail (in which 'view' should
I work, for example, if this will make any difference).

I am afraid the Tables menu was created by Bugs Bunny (no doubt the
highest paid programmer in Microsoft)!

Kind regards.

Rob van Albada, Amsterdam.



Op Fri, 2 Jan 2004 17:59:56 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Okay, you've turned off auto resizing (Table Properties | Table | Options),
and you've checked that there is no check mark for "Preferred width" for any
of the columns *or* cells (not that that will make much difference)? And the
document is not protected? Does this inability to drag cell boundaries also
extend to inability to drag the column markers on the ruler?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[Candice Mesk]

How about if you convert the table to text (tab
delimited), and then convert it back to a table?

 

[Rob v. Albada]

Dear me, do you never have a day off, even in the weekend??
Thanks anyway for your very rapid reply.

I have turned off auto resizing (it was indeed 'ON').
The result was that now the table fits the page, BUT:
all words in the table are now arranged vertically, e.g.

ngoko ( a Javanese word) has become:

n
g
o
k
o

et cetera.

which was not my intention.

The cells are wide enough to arrange the words in normal fashion.

I have tried to undo this, but hopelessly failed...

What next?


Thank you very much for your help,

kind regards,

Rob van Albada, Amsterdam.

PS
After this operation I cannot drag either cell boundaries or the
column markers on the ruler. Only a vertical dotted line appears, but
it will not move.




Op Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:40:46 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

All of this suggests that the table may be corrupted. That being the case,
Candice's suggestion that you convert it to text and back to a table seems
to be one recourse. The other is to treat the entire document as corrupt and
roundtrip it through HTML or use one of the other techniques described at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

I don't know what you mean by a "day off." Like most of the volunteers who
answer questions, I do it in my spare time, of which I might be assumed to
have more rather than less on weekends (though in my case, since I'm
self-employed, I tend to work every day of the week, especially right now
when I have a client under deadline to produce a slew of reports for a
lawyer by tomorrow <g>).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

 

[Rob v. Albada]

Op Sat, 3 Jan 2004 23:41:32 -0800, "Candice Mesk"

How about if you convert the table to text (tab
delimited), and then convert it back to a table?

That is perhaps the most practical solution. I did not do it yet,
because I first want to know whether somehow i can do it the
'official' way.

But I certainly will try before I have to print the lot.


Kind regards,

Rob.