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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155856"><bookmark_value>table mode selection</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>proportional distribution of tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>relative distribution of table cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables; adapting the width by keyboard</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; adapting the width by keyboard</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155856" role="heading" level="1" l10n="CHG" oldref="7"><variable id="tablemode"><link href="text/swriter/guide/tablemode.xhp" name="Modifying the Behavior of Rows and Columns for Table">Modifying Rows and Columns by Keyboard</link></variable></paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149835" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="12">When you insert or delete cells, rows or columns in a table, the <item type="menuitem">Behavior of rows/columns</item> options determine how the neighboring elements are affected. For example, you can only insert new rows and columns into a table with fixed row and column dimensions if space permits.</paragraph>
      <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>
      <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>
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            <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>
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            <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>
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            <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>
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