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  38       <topic id="textswriterguidetable_sizingxml" indexer="include">
  39          <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Resizing Rows and Columns in a Text Table </title>
  40          <filename>/text/swriter/guide/table_sizing.xhp</filename>
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  44 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156108"><bookmark_value>cells; enlarging and reducing in text tables</bookmark_value>
  45       <bookmark_value>table cells; enlarging/reducing in text</bookmark_value>
  46       <bookmark_value>keyboard; resizing rows/columns</bookmark_value>
  47       <bookmark_value>resizing;rows and columns in text tables</bookmark_value>
  48       <bookmark_value>enlarging columns,cells and table rows</bookmark_value>
  49       <bookmark_value>reducing rows and columns in text tables</bookmark_value>
  50       <bookmark_value>tables; resizing/juxtaposing</bookmark_value>
  51       <bookmark_value>juxtaposing tables</bookmark_value>
  52 </bookmark><comment>mw deleted "text tables;enlarging cells",  "tables;changing the size", "tables;arranging" and "arranging;tables". MW changed "tables;sizing" and "table cells;". MW added "reducing rows and columns in text tables"</comment><comment>MW changed "tables;" and added "juxtaposing tables"</comment>
  53 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156108" role="heading" level="1" l10n="CHG"
  54                  oldref="12"><variable id="table_sizing"><link href="text/swriter/guide/table_sizing.xhp" name="Resizing Rows and Columns in a Text Table">Resizing Rows and Columns in a Text Table</link>
  55 </variable></paragraph>
  56 <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>
  57 <table id="tbl_id3149640">
  58 <tablerow>
  59 <tablecell>
  60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149615" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
  61 <image id="img_id3149622" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_optimizetable.png" width="0.423cm" height="0.423cm"><alt id="alt_id3149622" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
  62         </image></paragraph>
  63             </tablecell>
  64             <tablecell>
  65                <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146497" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="22">You can also distribute rows and columns evenly using the icons on the <item type="menuitem">Optimize</item> toolbar on the <item type="menuitem">Table</item>
  66                   <emph/>Bar.</paragraph>
  67             </tablecell>
  68          </tablerow>
  69       </table>
  70
  71       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145109" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U"
  72                  oldref="24">Changing the Width of Columns and Cells</paragraph>
  73       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149574" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U"
  74                  oldref="25">To Change the Width of a Column</paragraph>
  75       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149587" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="26">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
  76       <list type="unordered">
  77          <listitem>
  78             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156246" role="listitem" 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>
  79          </listitem>
  80          <listitem>
  81             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145390" role="listitem" 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>
  82          </listitem>
  83          <listitem>
  84             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0918200811260957" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
  85 </caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> and then click and drag a line to scale all cells right or above the line proportionally.</paragraph>
  86          </listitem>
  87          <listitem>
  88             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145411" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">Place the cursor in a cell in the column, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
  89 </caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> key, and then press the left or the right arrow key.</paragraph>
  90          </listitem>
  91          <listitem>
  92             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153364" role="listitem" 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
  93 </caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift, and then press the right arrow key.</paragraph>
  94          </listitem>
  95       </list>
  96       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155891" role="note" 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>
  97       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149993" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U"
  98                  oldref="30">To Change the Width of a Cell</paragraph>
  99       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148676" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="31">Hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option+Command
 100 </caseinline><defaultinline>Alt+Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>, and then press the left or the right arrow key</paragraph>
 101       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153014" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U"
 102                  oldref="32">Changing the Height of a Row</paragraph>
 103       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153035" role="listitem" 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
 104 </caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> key, and then press the up or the down arrow key.</paragraph>
 105       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id8478041" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Resizing a Whole Table</paragraph>
 106       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3358867" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To change the width and height of a table, do one of the following:</paragraph>
 107       <list type="unordered">
 108          <listitem>
 109             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5366679" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click inside the table. In the rulers, drag the border between the white and the gray area to resize the table.</paragraph>
 110          </listitem>
 111          <listitem>
 112             <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1279030" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click inside the table. Choose <item type="menuitem">Table - Table Properties</item> to open a dialog and set the properties to the numbers.</paragraph>
 113          </listitem>
 114       </list>
 115       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5009308" role="tip" l10n="NEW">To wrap text to the sides of a table, and to arrange two tables next to another, you must insert the tables into a frame. Click inside the table, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
 116 </caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+A twice to select the whole table, then choose <emph>Insert - Frame</emph>.</paragraph>
 117       <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4190496" role="note" l10n="NEW">Tables within HTML pages do not offer the full range of properties and commands as tables in OpenDocument format.</paragraph>
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