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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Resizing Rows and Columns in a Table</title>
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<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-09T11:55:15">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<body>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156108"><bookmark_value>cells; enlarging and reducing in text tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text tables; enlarging cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>table cells; enlarging in text</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables; changing the size</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>keyboard; text tables</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156108" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="12"><variable id="table_sizing"><link href="text/swriter/guide/table_sizing.xhp" name="Resizing Rows and Columns in a Table">Resizing Rows and Columns in a Table</link>
</variable></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">You can resize the width of table cells and columns, as well as change the height of table rows.</paragraph>
<table id="tbl_id3149640">
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149615" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3149622" src="sw/imglst/sc20510.png" width="5.64mm" height="5.64mm"><alt id="alt_id3149622" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
	</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146497" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">You can also distribute rows and columns evenly using the icons on the <emph>Optimize</emph> floating toolbar on the <emph>Table Object</emph>
<emph>Bar</emph>.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
</table>

<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145109" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="24">Changing the Width of Columns and Cells</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149574" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="25">To change the width of a column:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156246" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Rest the mouse pointer over the column dividing line until the pointer becomes a separator icon, and then drag the line to a new location.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145390" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Rest the mouse pointer over the column dividing line on the ruler until the pointer becomes a separator icon, and then drag the line to a new location.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Place the cursor in a cell in the column, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> key, and then press the left or the right arrow key.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">To increase the distance from the left edge of the page to the edge of the table, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift, and then press the right arrow key.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3155891" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">You can specify the behavior for the arrow keys by choosing <emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Table</emph>, and selecting the options that you want in the <emph>Keyboard handling</emph> area.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149993" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="30">To change the width of a cell:</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148676" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Ctrl, and then press the left or the right arrow key</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153014" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="32">Changing the Height of a Row</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153035" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">To change the height of a row, place the cursor in a cell in the row, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> key, and then press the up or the down arrow key.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
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