Automatically Adjust The Selected Tables Columns To Fit The Text
Word makes it very easy to add tables to your documents.
Automatically adjust the selected tables columns to fit the text. Learn how to instantly adjust table columns to fit text in just one click with the autofit to content feature. To fit the table to the text click autofit select autofit window to keep word from automatically adjusting your column size click autofit select fixed column width to adjust the row height click the up and down arrows within the height field. If you dont want autofit to automatically adjust your table or column width you can turn it off. Under table tools contextual tab go to layout.
One of the quickest ways you can adjust the width of columns is to use the autofit feature of word. Once added you may need to adjust the width of the columns in your table to fit your needs. On the layout tab in the cell size group click autofit. However when exporting or copying data from another source row heights may not auto adjust and in these situations the autofit row height opting comes in helpful.
In your excel worksheets you can also auto fit columns so that they get wider or narrower to fit the largest value in the column. To autofit a single column hover the mouse pointer over the right border of the column header until the double headed arrow appears and then double click the border.