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Table Limitations (Questions And Answers)
DocumentID: 607584
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:32:29 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: What is the minimum a cell can hold? Solutions: A cell must always have at least one line. You may define a row of cells to have a minimal area, i.e., .001, and it will accept text but will not print it. It will only print if the minimal row height is at least as high as the minimal line height. For example, you can have a font that is 6pt which has a line height of .111 and that would be the minimum height that a row of cells can be set. In reality the minimum row height + distance between cell line and text is the actual minimum cell height.


Question:
Is there a memory (K) limit to one cell?

Answer:
No.


Question:
What is the minimum/maximum column width?

Answer:
The minimum is one character plus the right and left border space (set in the Table Edit, Options) and the left border, i.e., .1" + .1" + .1" + .1" =.4" is the minimum using the system defaults and Courier 10cpi.

The maximum is the distance between left and right margins less the left border plus right border (if only one column in the Table) and distance between text and border (both left and right), i.e., 8.5" wide paper with 1" margins = 6.5 -.1" -.1" -.1" - .1" = 6.1" of usable cell/column.


Question:
How does WP decide how wide to make each cell?

Answer:
WP initially uses all available space between the margins. Once the table is created, WP will keep the cell between the margins and will not exceed them (exception if it is a large imported spreadsheet). If the margins increase, WP will not expand the table to fit them unless Options, Position, Full is chosen in the Table Edit menu.


Question:
What are column and row limits?

Answer:
The limit is 32 columns and 32,765 rows. The larger the table the slower the calculations and manipulation will be. If the limit of columns is exceeded, the message "Error Too Many Columns" will appear.


Question:
What is the default table size? cell? row?

Answer:
WP will check the margins and default the width of the table to be the width of the margins. Default is 3 columns, 1 row.


Question:
Is there a limit to the number of tables in a document?

Answer:
No.

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