Change the size of rows and columns

You can fully specify the width of columns in a table. You can also set a minimum height for rows. However, row height may be any height above the minimum, as cells expand to the height of their contents, including the height of text, images, and other tables placed inside them, and the tallest cell in each row determines its height.

Change the size of one row or column

$image\BM1.gif$ Right-click in the row or column you want to adjust, and then choose Properties > Table. Choose the Size & Alignment tab. Adjustments to the Minimum Row Height and Column Width here will apply only to the current row or column.

$image\BM1.gif$ Hover over a row or column border until the cursor changes to a double-headed arrow. Click and drag the border in the direction of either arrow until the row or column is the size you intend. Width or height measurements, in pixels, appear in the status bar.

Change the size of multiple rows or columns

$image\BM1.gif$ Select cells in the rows or columns you want to adjust, and then choose Properties > Table. Choose the Size & Alignment tab. Adjustments to the Minimum Row Height and Column Width here will apply only to the current rows and/or columns.

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Notes

You can also choose Table > Size and Alignment to adjust the size of rows and columns.
You can directly manipulate row and column sizes. Hover over the area where the border should be until the two-headed arrow appears, and then proceed as usual. The only exception is if borders are turned off and cell spacing is zero: in that case, the borders have no width at all to trigger the cursor.
All attributes are independent of each other, and additive. For example, spacing is the result of adding all the separate attributes you have set. Text in a cell can have before and after spacing (between paragraphs only) and horizontal alignment and indents determined by its paragraph style, plus vertical alignment determined by its cell properties, plus cell padding and spacing determined by its table properties.
Table columns are of fixed-width type. Although cells expand vertically to display all the content that you place in them, columns do not adjust based on their content. If content within a cell (such as a picture or a nested table) is wider than the available space, it will be clipped; you must manually widen the columns to see it all.
Tables do not resize proportionally to fit the available display space. If a table is larger than the available display space, scroll bars appear.
To change the size of a single row or column, you do not have to select anything. However, it does no harm to add the extra step to clarify what is selected, especially when you are working with nested tables.