- Click Database Diagrams
under Objects, click the database diagram you want to open, and then click Design on the Database window toolbar. - In your database diagram, select the table whose property columns you want to resize.
- Position the pointer along the right border of the column header for the column that you want to resize. The cursor changes from an arrow to a splitter pointer
. - Drag the column border to the left to reduce its width or to the right to increase its width.
- Release the mouse button.
Resize a property column to fit the widest entry
- In the Database window, click Database Diagrams
under Objects, click the database diagram you want to open, and then click Design on the Database window toolbar.
- In your database diagram, select the table whose columns you want to resize.
- If necessary, right-click the table, and then click Column Properties or Custom View.
- Position the pointer along the right border of the column header for the column that you want to resize. The cursor changes from an arrow to a splitter pointer .
- Double-click the splitter pointer.
Note You can also resize property columns in Custom view for any columns you have chosen to display in this view.