AutoFit Method

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Changes the width of a table column to accommodate the width of the text without changing the way text wraps in the cells.

expression.AutoFit

expression    Required. An expression that returns a Column or Columns object.

Remarks

If the table is already as wide as the distance between the left and right margins, this method has no affect.

Example

This example creates a 3x3 table in a new document and then changes the width of the first column to accommodate the width of the text.

Dim docNew as Document
Dim tableNew as Table

Set docNew = Documents.Add
Set tableNew = docNew.Tables.Add(Range:=Selection.Range, _
    NumRows:=3, NumColumns:=3)
With tableNew
    .Cell(1,1).Range.InsertAfter "First cell"
    .Columns(1).AutoFit
End With
		

This example creates a 3x3 table in a new document and then changes the width of all the columns to accommodate the width of the text.

Dim docNew as Document
Dim tableNew as Table

Set docNew = Documents.Add
Set tableNew = docNew.Tables.Add(Selection.Range, 3, 3)
With tableNew
    .Cell(1,1).Range.InsertAfter "First cell"
    .Cell(1,2).Range.InsertAfter "This is cell (1,2)"
    .Cell(1,3).Range.InsertAfter "(1,3)"
    .Columns.AutoFit
End With