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Microsoft Office for Mac; Word; Adjust Table Cells, Rows, and Columns in Word 2011 for Mac; Adjust Table Cells, Rows, and Columns in Word 2011 for Mac. Related Book. You can easily adjust column width and row height by dragging borders, or dragging the table indicator marks in rulers.
I am working with a Microsoft Word 2011 (for Mac) document with some tables that have small row heights (what I want), and some tables with larger row heights (that I want to change). The 'incorrect' tables were pasted into the document.
When I drag cell borders in the UI, the row height is not decreased. When I set an exact row height in table properties, table contents are cut (despite an abundance of space). Line spacing is 1, so it can't be used to decrease row height The 'incorrect' tables have end of row formatting signs that are misaligned with the table contents formatting signs, while the good tables have aligned formatting signs. I illustrated this in two screenshots: Aligned: Misaligned: The alignment issue is the only consistent table property of the 'incorrect' tables that I can find.
How can I decrease table row heights in this case? How can I fix the formatting signs alignment issue? How can I decrease table row heights in this case? You need to check your paragraph formats:. Open the 'Paragraph' dialog. Select 'Indents and Spacing' tab.
In the 'Spacing' section make sure 'Before' and 'After' are set to '0 pt' See below for instructions and (Windows) screenshots. Paragraph Formatting and Creating Lists You can control paragraph behavior and appearance using the “Paragraph” tab. This tab has several notable features including increase/decrease indent, line spacing, borders, and more.
There are many more options than are first apparent. To access that click on the icon at the bottom corner of the paragraph tab. The “Paragraph” dialog will give you further, more fine-grained control.
You can affect indenting, line spacing, as well as line and page breaks.
Working with tables in Microsoft Word? As you probably know, you can change the size of a table's rows and columns by dragging its row and column borders in either direction. However, adjusting row and column dimensions to exact measurements can be tricky when you use this procedure. There are two ways you can easily determine a table's row and column dimensions as you adjust them with your mouse. Before proceeding, make sure the ruler is checked under the View menu in Word. The first way to determine a table's row and column dimension through dragging is to press the Alt key as you drag the row or column border.
Another technique is to press the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously as you drag a table's row or column border. Using either technique, Word displays the exact row or column dimensions in the ruler.