Resize all or part of a table

1. In print layout view, rest the pointer on the table until the table resize handle appears on the lower-right corner of the table.
2. Rest the pointer on the table resize handle until a double-headed arrow appears.
3. Drag the table boundary until the table is the size you want.

Note  If you are working on a Web page or in Web layout view, you can set the table to automatically resize to fit in a window when you change the window size. Click in the table. On the Table menu, point to AutoFit, and then click AutoFit to Window.

• Rest the pointer on the column boundary you want to move until it becomes a resize pointer , and then drag the boundary until the column is the width you want.

Notes

• To change a column width to a specific measurement, click a cell in the column. On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Column tab. Select the options you want.
• To make the columns in a table automatically fit the contents, click a table, point to AutoFit on the Table menu, and then click AutoFit to Contents.
• To display column width measurements, click a cell and then hold down ALT as you drag the markers on the ruler.

• Rest the pointer on the row boundary you want to move until it becomes a resize pointer , and then drag the boundary.

Notes

• To change a row height to a specific measurement, click a cell in the row. On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Row tab. Select the options you want.
• To display row height measurements, click a cell, hold down ALT as you drag the markers on the vertical ruler.

1. Select the columns or rows you want to make the same size.

   How?

   Some parts of a table can only be seen if you display all formatting marks by clicking Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar.

   To select:

   A cell

   Click the left edge of the cell.

   

   A row

   Click to the left of the row.

   

   A column

   Click the column's top gridline or border.

   

   Multiple cells, rows, or columns

   Drag across the cell, row, or column.

   Or select multiple items that are not necessarily in order. Click the first cell, row, or column you want, press CTRL, and then click the next cells, rows, or columns you want.

   Text in the next cell

   Press TAB.

   Text in the previous cell

   Press SHIFT+TAB

   The entire table

   In print layout view, click the table move handle , or drag over the entire table.

   Note  You can also select rows, columns, or the entire table by clicking in the table and then using the Select commands on the Table menu, or by using keyboard shortcuts.

2. On the Tables and Borders toolbar, click Distribute Columns Evenly or Distribute Rows Evenly .

If you are using a table to arrange text and graphics— for example, on a Web page— you can add spacing between table cells.

No space between table cells

Space between table cells

1. Click the table.
2. On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Table tab.
3. Click Options.
4. Under Default cell spacing, select the Allow spacing between cells check box and enter the measurement you want.