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                    Resize columns, rows, and tables
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd7a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Resize columns and rows</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd6a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Resize rows or columns without changing the table width</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd5a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Resize the entire table</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd4a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Distribute columns and rows evenly</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You can resize columns, rows, and
tables using a number of different methods.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd7a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd7a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Resize columns and rows</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select cells in the columns and rows
you want to resize.</span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>In the Table panel, specify Column Width
and Row Height settings.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose Table&#160;&gt; Cell Options&#160;&gt;
Rows And Columns, specify Row Height and Column Width options, and
then click&#160;OK. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If you select At
Least to set a minimum row height, rows increase in height as you
add text or increase the point size. If you select Exactly to set
a fixed row height, the row height does not change when you add
or remove text. A fixed row height often results in an overset condition
in the cell. (See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fcaa.html">Work with overset cells</a>.)</div>
</li>
<li><p>Position the pointer over the edge of a column or
row so that a double-arrow icon (<img src="images/moveEW.png" /> or&#160;<img src="images/moveNS.png" />) appears,
and then drag left or right to increase or decrease the column width,
or drag up or down to increase or decrease row height.</p>
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</ul>
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<div class="section"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="se_03" src="images/se_03.png" /><div class="figdesc">Before and after dragging to resize rows </div><br /></div><p>By
default, row height is determined by the slug height of the current
font. Thus, row height also changes if you change the point size
of type for entire rows of text, or if you change the row height
setting. The maximum row height is determined by the Maximum setting
in the Rows And Columns section of the Cell Options dialog box.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd6a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd6a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Resize rows or columns without changing the table width</h3><div><ul><li><span>Hold down Shift while dragging
an inside row or column edge (not the table boundary). One row or
column gets bigger as the other gets smaller.</span></li>
<li><span>To resize rows or columns proportionally, hold down Shift
while dragging the right table border or bottom table edge.</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="section"><p>Holding down
Shift while dragging the right table edge will resize all the columns
proportionally; holding down Shift while dragging the bottom table
edge will resize all rows proportionally. </p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd5a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd5a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Resize the entire table</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Using
the Type tool&#160;<img src="images/P_TypeHoriz_Lg_N.png" />, position
the pointer over the lower-right corner of the table so that the
pointer becomes an arrow shape&#160;<img src="images/movNWSE.png" />, and
then drag to increase or decrease the table size. Hold down Shift
to maintain the table’s height and width proportions.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If
the table spans more than one frame in a story, you cannot use the
pointer to resize the entire table.</div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd4a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6fd4a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Distribute columns and rows evenly</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select cells in the columns or rows
that should be the same width or height.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Table&#160;&gt; Distribute Rows Evenly or
Distribute Columns Evenly.</span></li>
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