Text Typing Behavior in FP Tables

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I have tried changing many options to correct the following and can't seem
to find the right combination. Is there a way to make cells within a table
default so that it fills each cell with text without lengthening the cell
and just wraps to/adds additional rows as needed to accommodate what you
type into it?

For example, if I create a simple 3 row by 4 column table via the toolbar
button or the Table > Insert > Table commands, it will create the table
just fine with even sized cells. The issue is that if I go in and start
typing text in to a cell, the text doesn't just start appearing in the cell.
For every letter I type, the cell increases/expands out an extra space.
This means there is a huge amount of unneeded white space in the cell. I
can manually grab the divider at the right side of the cell and move it one
or more increments, and from that point on I can type and the cell no longer
expands. Then you can type until the cell fills up, at which point it will
increase the cell height to make two lines and continue adding text onto the
second line. It is a real hassle to manually go in an move the right
divider for each column before starting to type.

According to the FP 2003 book I am reading (David Plotken), the latter
behavior should be the default behavior - "The text wraps around when it
reaches the cell margin, and it will push the bottom of the row down to make
room if necessary." I can't seem to find the setting to change.

FWIW, before I manually move a divider, here is the relevant coding:

<table border="1" width="100%" id="table1">

After I manually move the divider, here is the additional coding that
overrides things:

<td width="179">&nbsp;</td>

Thanks in advance for any help.

Doug

 

[Steve Easton]

Make the tables and cells fixed width and not a percentage width.

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[Ronx]

A table cell with no size information is only as big as it needs to
be - but an empty cell will contract to almost zero width if an
adjoining cell has some content. If all the cells are empty they will
be evenly spaced through the row. If you type into all the cells,
they will automatically take up widths in proportion to their content.
If you set widths to the cells, they will generally honour those
widths, word wrapping as necessary.
Dragging the cell boundaries sets widths to the cells in pixels, and
changes the table width to a fixed width, rather than percentage
width, it is better to set cell widths using cell properties.

 

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Ok, I will learn to deal with it Thanks to you both for your replies.

Doug