Can I decrease the minimum column width?

Question

In tables, columns seem to have a minimum width.  This can be annoying when I have horizontally long tables that I want to keep as narrow as possible.  For example, see this picture.  I don't need that much width for a check mark! Nor would I need that much width for small values like percentages.  Is there any way to make the columns narrower than they are here?

Answer 1

This is by-design.

However with Onenote 2013, you can insert Excel objects directly and modify the column width.

Answer 2

Then Microsoft better change their design.  Not everyone wants to take on extra by inserting an Excel object.  I am doing ancestry tables in Onenote.  One person per table.  I would LOVE to hover over a name and have another page popup like the comments in Excel popup (but an entire page).  But Onenote doesn't do that.  I would LOVE to have the first column of the generation numbers be made more narrow so the entire table would fit on a page.  But Onenote doesn't do that.

OneNote is absolutely fantastic, I use it every day multiple times a day.  The fact that I can keep track of everything means the world to me.  But the tables are so limited, as are some other features.  Why do you do this to us?