topic Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big in AutoCAD for Mac Forum

Columns and rows in tables are too big

ruirego — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 11:04:34 GMT

How can I reduce the column and row in the table?

(note: when I inserted the table, it was too big I had to reduce the size of the latter 10 X)

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

maxim_k — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:45:06 GMT

Hi @ruirego ,

>>>>>>How can I reduce the column and row in the table?

Select cell inside table and change its width and height in the Properties palette:

Or use these grips to adjust width and height manually - select grip and drag it to the new position:

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

ruirego — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:05:13 GMT

hello Maxim,

its not the cell, its the top cell (the grid).

i think it has something to do with scale?! because i tried to insert a cell in a new file without scaling down and it was fine.

r^2

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

maxim_k — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:05:35 GMT

@ruirego ,

I think this information from AutoCAD online Help should help you:

Customize Display of Column Letters and Row Numbers

By default, the In-Place Text Editor displays column letters and row numbers when a table cell is selected for editing. Use the TABLEINDICATOR system variable to turn this display on and off.

The text color, size, and style and the line color are controlled by the settings for column heads in the current table style.

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

maxim_k — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:14:47 GMT

What AutoCAD for Mac version do you have?

Do you insert table from another drawing?

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

ruirego — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:21:00 GMT

thanks Maxim!
it normal now.

something to do with the "In-Place Text Editor"... not sure what is that nor how to define default sizes.

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Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

ruirego — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:39:29 GMT

i have Autocad LT for Mac
i didn't insert from other drawing. but i tried to paste this table in a new drawing with a different template and it was normal!?
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Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

maxim_k — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:27:15 GMT

Hi @ruirego ,

>>>>>>something to do with the "In-Place Text Editor"... not sure what is that nor how to define default sizes.

The size of column heads is defined in table style.

If you have 2023 version of AutoCAD LT for Mac, you can edit Table Style with TABLESTYLE command. If you have an earlier version of AutoCAD LT, you cannot do this on Mac.

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

ruirego — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:03:54 GMT

hello maxim,

TABLESTYLE doesn't have a field do change this
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Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

maxim_k — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:31:40 GMT

Hi @ruirego ,

Please look at this:

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

ruirego — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:14:51 GMT

hello maxim,

not the header size. the row's and column size. please check my image

Re: Columns and rows in tables are too big

maxim_k — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 08:30:49 GMT

Hi @ruirego ,

>>>>>not the header size. the row's and column size.

The size of cells of column letters and row numbers depends on text size of the title, header and data cells. Plus there is relationship between text height in title, header and data cells and settings of MEASUREMENT and INSUNITS System Variables.

If you have the drawing with MEASUREMENT=1 and INSUNITS=4 (typically the drawing created with metric acadiso.dwt template) and the size of text for the cells in current Table Style is too small - for example: 0.125 units - the table will look like this:

If you set text size for the cells to 4 in the Table style in the same drawing and create new table, the table will look like this: