Auto fit tables to page

boutells · #1 07-20-2011, 12:48 AM

I have just spent about half an hour to create a Word Template that was a 4 cell table which I wanted to fit to an A4 page. About 10 minutes of this was trying to find an easy solution in the help files which provided no joy.

There must be a way to insert a table on a page defining the number of rows and columns and have it autofit the page where it is being inserted.

Any solutions?

macropod · #2 07-20-2011, 01:12 AM

Hi boutells,

Nothing built-in, though the default width fits the page margins (plus whatever internal cell margins the table has). However, you could insert the table, then format its height with a macro. The following macro fits all selected tables to the height of the page in the section in which they appear. Whether the tables actually print that way depends on whether there is anything else on the same pages:

Code:

Sub TableFit()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim oTopMargin As Single, oBottomMargin As Single, oBottomLine As Single
Dim oPageHeight As Single, oPrintHeight As Single, oRowHeight As Single
Dim oTable, oCell As Cell, i As Integer
If Selection.Tables.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
For i = 1 To Selection.Tables.Count
  oTable = Selection.Tables(i)
  oBottomLine = 0
  With oTable
    For Each oCell In oTable.Rows(oTable.Rows.Count).Cells
      If .Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineWidth > oBottomLine Then _
        oBottomLine = .Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineWidth
    Next
    With .PageSetup
      oTopMargin = .TopMargin
      oBottomMargin = .BottomMargin
      oPageHeight = .PageHeight
    End With
    oPrintHeight = oPageHeight - oTopMargin - oBottomMargin - oBottomLine / 8 - 1
    oRowHeight = oPrintHeight / .Rows.Count
    With .Rows
      .Height = oRowHeight
      .HeightRule = wdRowHeightExactly
    End With
  End With
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

boutells · #3 07-20-2011, 01:41 AM

That works very well. Thank You

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