1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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For example, you can only insert new rows and columns into a table with fixed row and column dimensions if space permits.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7344279" role="note" l10n="NEW">Note that these properties are valid only for changes to the column width that are made using the keyboard. Using the mouse, you are free to make any column width changes.<comment>UFI: fixes bugtraq 4971582</comment></paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156110" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8">To set the <item type="menuitem">Behavior of rows/columns</item> options for tables in text documents, choose <item type="menuitem"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Table</item>, or use the <item type="menuitem">Fixed</item>, <item type="menuitem">Fixed/Proportional</item>, and <item type="menuitem">Variable</item> icons on the <item type="menuitem">Table</item> Bar. There are three display modes for tables:</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="unordered"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149638" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="9"><emph>Fixed</emph> - changes only affect the adjacent cell, and not the entire table. For example, when you widen a cell, the adjacent cell becomes narrower, but the width of the table remains constant.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149613" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10"><emph>Fixed, proportional</emph> - changes affect the entire table, and wide cells shrink more than narrow cells. For example, when you widen a cell, the adjacent cells become proportionally narrower, but the width of the table remains constant.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149864" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="11"><emph>Variable</emph> - changes affect the table size. For example, when you widen a cell, the width of the table increases.</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_sizing.xhp#table_sizing"/> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_cells.xhp#table_cells"/> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp#table_cellmerge"/> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 63