-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 16/11/12 09:19, Matthias wrote: > Rich Shepard <rshepard <at> appl-ecosys.com> writes: > >> Some text in a column cell is longer than text in other cells of that column >> and I'd like to >> have it wrap so the table is narrower but longer >> >> Does setting a fixed cell width control this? > > Yes, setting a fixed column width in Lyx should do the trick. > > Here you can find additional infos if you want to define the column width > relative to the page > width: > <http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/why-are-the-table-too-wide-td480746.html> > > One additional hint: Since the columns of the table have margins, the total > width of the table > is not equal to the sum of the fixed column widths. I found out that a table > with one column > and a fixed column width of "100% text width" has not the same width as a > table with ten > columns and a fixed column width of "10% text width". > > I don't know what the size of this margin actually is and where to set it and > if my experience > is correct.
I experienced the same problem and got some help here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/71521/width-multicolum-not-sum-of-combined-cells Cheers, Rainer > > Hope that helps. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCl/fYACgkQoYgNqgF2egpJxgCcCeVYXGnefmmL2++4LJF0Ygg7 f+EAnjX1ZF9Mzf3WNEiiXUZh61z5lPvM =w5hN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
