WAZZAJ Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 I need to create numerous tables width 180mm, cols 22, 83, 6x12mm cols. When I set col 2 at 83mm it obscures col 3. If I format cols 3 to 8 at 12mm then col 2 at 83mm col 3 is obscured. The only way seems to be to hold the shift key on col 2 and drag it to 83mm. This is too slow when formatting a lot of tables, and it's almost impossible to get the column at exactly 83mm. So how do I do this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Sorry needed to show the table... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Use the Window > Table > Table panel. In that panel use Cell > Width to edit the width of a column. Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.3 from this forum - expanded 260-page PDF Affinity 2.3.1 for macOS Sonoma 14.3, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 2 hours ago, MikeTO said: Use the Window > Table > Table panel. In that panel use Cell > Width to edit the width of a column. I did that and the other columns change sizes. I need to be able to fix the table width at 180mm then set the columns within the table as described above. The table panel doesn't let me do that (unless I'm using it the wrong way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 4 hours ago, WAZZAJ said: I need to create numerous tables width 180mm, cols 22, 83, 6x12mm cols. If you are creating new blank tables, just set up one with the exact size you need, then add it to the assets panel, then drag drop new tables from there as required Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 I receive MS Word docs with the tables included. I don't want to create new tables and then try and move the data from the Word doc to the new table—I should be able to reformat the tables supplied by the client. The problem is if I edit a column width in the Table panel it should stay that size and not change every time I alter an adjacent column. The table width should change as I enter new col widths. It's the way InDesign works which is way superior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 OK so the trick seems to be to set the table width in Transform first. That helps... thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Still having problems with this. I can't simply edit the tables as they come from MS Word. All the tables have to be the EXACT same column size and I can't get that to happen. Creating a asset of the table then applying it to the new table doesn't seem to do anything. Frankly all too hard. I'll go back to using InDesign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Word doc attached. There are 20 of these docs and the tables have to be identical. This file is supplied by the client and I place it in AP the design. 2021-22 Draft Blayney SoE Report (1).docx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZZAJ Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Ok thanks for that Anto. That seems to work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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