ConnectCreative Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Maybe its me not using tables correctly, but when I need to enlarge a particular column within a table, for instance the 'Comments' column below, is there not a way to get the table to simply enlarge its overall width without it trying to retain its width by reducing the size of columns to the right of it? I'd like to manually control the width of columns but Publisher keeps adjusting other columns to compensate and keep the overall table the same size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Hold the Shift key down when dragging the column to make it larger 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...
Joachim_L Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 This is an option, but it is handmade. I would like to see an option for keeping the other cells width. 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...
ConnectCreative Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 17 minutes ago, carl123 said: Hold the Shift key down when dragging the column to make it larger Many thanks! So is there a way to type sizes in rather than shift+drag then? I ultimately need to type sizes in rather than drag so I can be precise. Joachim_L 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 The Table studio allows you to input precise amounts for the column widths It's best to start with a table (the columns) wider than you need then input the values for each column. If you start with a table smaller than you need you will run into your original problem at some point. To make things a bit easier, if you have some columns that are all to be the same width, you can select all those columns and just set the size once in the Table studio, all selected columns will resize to that value ConnectCreative 1 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...
ConnectCreative Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 Many thanks, I'll take a look. I use the table panel to adjust most sizes but its a shame there's no option to 'turn off' the auto table resizing. I can certainly see where it would be useful but in this instance its a bit of a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Yeah, tables are great but they need a bit more work to make them more user friendly. Maybe we will see some major improvements to the Tables in the 1.8 betas 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...
ConnectCreative Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 Agree, I think they need a little refinement. What's most frustrating is trying to get the column resize arrow icon to appear, hovering over the line between two columns is very hit and miss and feels awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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