Daniel Gibert Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 This is a suggestion to improve working with tables on Publisher. Currently Publisher preserve table width as default. This causes a lot of trouble with the tables layout, because each time you touch any single aspect of any column, all columns change to readjust for table width. Your painstakingly set columns widths goes nuts. All columns are now wider on narrower without your consent, and trying to re-set all column settings is a pain, because you set a column width and it gets modified when you change the next column. There are some ways this could be improved: A checkbox or dropdown menu to mark width of a column as "FIXED" so it doesn't change automatically. This way, you can have some columns fixed and others flexible. Deactivate table width preservation at all, as a default or as an option on table pane. Is better to change a column to fix the table than retouch all columns because table width didn't change Currently, Publisher manage tables as Word does, and we all know how painful is to manage tables in word. On this, again, InDesign manages tables a lot better, with options for minimun, auto and exact column widths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Yes, covers my wishes as well (not the first time this was requested). Holding the SHIFT key while resizing the column keep the width of all other columns intact. But this is just a workaround and not very precise. Daniel Gibert 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gibert Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Joachim_L said: Yes, covers my wishes as well (not the first time this was requested). Holding the SHIFT key while resizing the column keep the width of all other columns intact. But this is just a workaround and not very precise. Whoa! It is a workaround indeed but a useful one. Thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 When shift moving the table headers the mouse snaps to any guides, which might help with precision. Daniel Gibert 1 Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gibert Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 hours ago, MickRose said: When shift moving the table headers the mouse snaps to any guides, which might help with precision. That is also a useful trick. Is not ideal the need of a guides grid for table layout but in absence of other options is a useful resource. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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