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Right-click on the table and choose Table from the pop-up menu or choose Table >

Table Properties from the menu bar. On the Table Format dialog box, select the

Columns tab.

• Adapt table width: If a table already stretches to the page margins, it cannot

stretch any wider and the Adapt table width option is not available. If the table

is narrower, increasing the width of a column will increase the width of the

whole table.

If the table width already extends pasts the margins with the Adapt table

width option checked, attempting to change a column width will automatically

decrease that column’s size so that the table will now shrink to the page

margins while keeping any other column sizes intact.

• Adjust columns proportionally results in all columns changing their widths by

the same percentage when one is changed. For example, if you reduce by half

the size of a column, all the other columns sizes will be halved.

• Remaining space shows how much further the table can expand before hitting

the limit of the margins. This value cannot be edited and will not be negative in

the event that the table width is already larger than the space between the left

and right margins.

• Under Column width, each individual column can be adjusted. If you have

more than six columns, use the arrows at the right and left to view them all.

Rather than start from the Table Format dialog box, it is often more efficient to make

rough adjustments to a new table using the mouse, and then fine tune the layout

using the Columns page in conjunction with the Table page of the Table Format

dialog box.

It is also possible to resize a table using only the keyboard. This is on occasions

easier than using the mouse.

1) Place the cursor on the cell whose size you want to change.

2) Press and hold the Alt key while using the arrow keys to change the size.

To adjust the resizing parameters and behavior for keyboard handling, choose Tools

> Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Table.

Use the Row and Column values in the Move cells section to determine the amount of

change produced by a single keystroke while resizing. In the Behavior of

rows/columns section you can choose one of the following three strategies when

resizing:

• Fixed: select this if you want the resizing to only affect the adjacent cell, and

not the entire table. The width of the table does not change when resizing its

cells.

• Fixed, proportional: when resizing a cell with this option selected, all the other

cells are also resized proportionally, Also in this case the width of the table

remains constant.

• Variable: this is the default value. Resizing a cell affects the table size. For

example, when you widen a cell, the width of the table increases.

Inserting rows and columns

To insert any number of rows or columns:

1) Place the cursor in the row or column where you want to add new rows or

columns and right-click.

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