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• Center: aligns the table in the middle between the left and right margins. If

the table width is greater than the margin, the table will extend outside of the

margins.

• Manual: lets you specify the distances from both left and right margins under

Spacing.

Selecting an alignment option other than Automatic activates the Width field in the

Properties section, where you can enter the desired size of the table. Select Relative

to see the width as percentage of the text area.

In the Spacing section, use the Above and the Below boxes to modify the separation

between the text and the table. When the size of the table is less than the size of the

text area, OOo will insert some values in the Left and Right boxes. You can only

change both values if you select Manual alignment and you can change the Left box

value only when you select the From Left alignment. Note that the sum of the table

width, and the values in the Left and Right boxes, needs to equal the width of the text

area.

Resizing rows and columns

You can adjust the height of rows and the width of columns in a table in several ways.

• Move the mouse next to the edge of the cell and when a double-headed arrow

appears, click and hold the left mouse button, drag the border to the desired

position, and release the mouse button.

• On the horizontal ruler, column dividers are marked by a pair of thin gray

lines; the vertical ruler indicates row dividers in the same way. You can resize a

row or column by holding the mouse button down on the appropriate divider

and dragging it to the desired location.

• Use the keyboard as described below.

Selecting Table > Autofit from the main menu also offers some resizing options:

• The Optimal Column Width or Optimal Row Height options make the

selected columns or rows as narrow as possible while still fitting their

contents.

• Selected columns and rows can be distributed evenly to quickly bring them

back to all being the same width or height.

For greater control over the width of each column, use the Columns page of the Table

Format dialog box.

Figure 282: Table Format dialog box: Columns page

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