topic Re: Table headings are too big in AutoCAD Forum

Table headings are too big

pvermiglio92 — Thu, 19 May 2016 13:14:02 GMT

So in my workplace we work in meters instead of the default milimeters of the autocad workspace, which leads to a lot of workarounds.

One that we cannot seem to avoid is the way autocad handles tables, especially in the table columns and rows headings, since we have to work with a super small text height (from 0.01 to 0.2), the interface seems not to like that kind of scale, which leads to troubles like the headings being so big, it's hard to align the tables properly in the rest of the model. is there any way to reduce their size?

Re: Table headings are too big

TheCADnoob — Thu, 19 May 2016 14:49:28 GMT

are you using the latest service pack?

Re: Table headings are too big

pvermiglio92 — Thu, 19 May 2016 15:19:03 GMT

ja, it wasn't installed, but that didn't help at all 😞

Re: Table headings are too big

TheCADnoob — Thu, 19 May 2016 17:00:24 GMT

Select the table and right click and remove any table property overides

Re: Table headings are too big

pvermiglio92 — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:01:20 GMT

nope, should i mention that the tables are made by me in my personalized table style in autocad 2016?

Re: Table headings are too big

nikospur — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:22:36 GMT

Can´t say why it happened but I solved it.

1) Create any Table using the Standard Style. In my case, as I also work in meters, it is a style that has huge fonts, etc.

2) Scale that Table to an appropriate size. You will see that the headings scale together with the table.

3) Create a new table style and click on the top left button (Acad 2017) - "Select a Table to Start From:"

4) Make any adjustments you need and save the table style

Any new tables created with this style will display the headings in a scale proportional to your cell sizes.

Hope this helped! As I found no answer I figured this workaround myself

Niko

Re: Table headings are too big

john.vellek — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:28:08 GMT

Hi @nikospur,

This sounds like a great solution. Can you post some Screenshots or example files? Or, perhaps you can make a Screencast to demonstrate your process?

Re: Table headings are too big

Anonymous — Thu, 24 May 2018 00:25:19 GMT

Thanks to you, I solved the problem of my workmate .. hahaha

Well done..

Re: Table headings are too big

stevllop — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:33:57 GMT

The problem get fixed by updating the Drawing Units using the UN command to the correct units for the drawing. Mine where in milimeter when they needed to be in inches and change from decimal to architectural. After that is fix click the table one or twice. Sometimes takes for the table to be selected a second time for it to be shown correctly.