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fixing table width

Anonymous
2020-05-17T11:51:04+00:00

I use tables a lot, and want each one to be exactly 18cm wide, the first column exactly 1.1cm wide the the other columns variable. But as soon as I am working in the variable columns, it changes the width of the first one and the width of the whole table! It is so frustrating that the widths I want fixed are 'preferred', not 'fixed'. Can MS not please write an update to fix this? I am working in Word 2016, but my work colleague is using 365 and has the same issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T08:10:32+00:00

    Hi Lyn

    I have tried all your above suggestions numerous times, but the 18cm and the 1cm columns still adjust slightly if I manually resize other columns (ie pull their left or right borders across to fit contents or pictures). Until MS changes that Preferred width to Fixed width I think this is a serious bug in Word.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T09:53:27+00:00

    You are right, Sally. I apologise I can't do much to help you solve the issue.

    As for now, it would be best to leave a new suggestion or vote on existing suggestions about this fixed preferred column width.

    @ https://word.uservoice.com

    The more votes this suggestion receives, the more responsive Microsoft would be in improving the feature.

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