WD: Cannot Reset Column Width To Auto Converting Text to Table

ID: Q169878

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In the "Convert Text to Table" dialog box, if you change the default Column Width setting from Auto to another setting, you cannot click the arrow to change it back.

CAUSE

On the General tab of the Options dialog box, when you set the Measurement Units to Centimeters, the default value for Auto is 0.625 centimeters.

In the "Convert Text to Table" dialog box, clicking the up arrow in the Column Width box increases the setting to 0.63 centimeters. However, because this box can only display two decimal places, clicking the down arrow does not select the default Auto setting of 0.625 centimeters.

WORKAROUND

To select the Auto default setting, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click "Convert Text to Table."

2. Delete the current setting in the Column Width box.

3. Type "auto" (without the quotation marks).

4. Click the down arrow in the Column Width box and click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about units of measurement, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q72901
   TITLE     : Units of Measurement in Word for Windows

Keywords          : kbusage kbtable 
Version           : 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c 6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: August 1, 1997