You can change the height and width of tables by applying an absolute or relative unit of measurement. You can also change the size of tables and individual rows and columns by clicking and dragging the edges of the table bars.
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How to Resize Tables via Unit of Measurement
- If the tag block bars are not shown to the left of the content, click
at the bottom of the editor. - Right-click the table tag bar to the left of the table.
- In the context menu select Table Size.
- Enter a value in the Reset Width and/or Reset Height field.
- Click in the drop-down field and select a unit of measurement (e.g., Point, Centimeter, Ems, Percentage).
- Click
. - Click
to save your work.
How to Resize Tables, Rows, and Columns via Dragging
- Make sure that the tag bars and span bars are shown to the left of the table and above the table, respectively. If they are not shown, click (to show the tag bars), and click
(to show the span bars) at the bottom of the editor. - Do any of the following:
To Resize the Width of the Entire Table Click inside the table. Then click the far right edge of the bar for the entire table (the top bar) and drag it right or left.
To Resize an Individual Table Row Click the upper or lower edge of the row bar and drag it up or down.
To Resize an Individual Table Column Click inside the table. Then click the left or right edge of the column bar and drag it right or left.
- Click to save your work.
What’s Noteworthy?
Note You can also use "auto-fit" behaviors in the Properties dialog to automatically resize a table. See Editing Table Properties.
Note If you set a table to a specific height, that height may not be represented accurately if you are viewing the topic in Print Layout mode.
