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From: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
To: William Denton <wtd@pobox.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Resize an org-table
Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 09:31:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y33pfeb4.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1905011610340.10540@shell.miskatonic.org> (William Denton's message of "Wed, 1 May 2019 16:12:03 -0400 (EDT)")

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William Denton <wtd@pobox.com> writes:

Thanks for replying Bill.

I did try shortening the column widths in the manner that you suggested but it took so long for the table to be displayed, that I gave up, hence me wanting to try some other possible solution.

Thanks
Sharon.

> On 1 May 2019, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
>> How can I resize an org-mode table that was created on a desktop machine but is now needed on a
>> laptop with a much smaller screen? The desktop uses a 25-inch monitor, whereas the laptop screen
>> is only 16-inch, so I need to find some way of 'shrinking' the table to fit the smaller screen.
>
> With a bit of experimenting you might find some column widths, like <40>, that work to make it fit,
> as explained here:
>
> https://orgmode.org/org.html#Column-Width-and-Alignment
>
> Bill
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-01 20:07 Resize an org-table Sharon Kimble
2019-05-01 20:12 ` William Denton
2019-05-02  8:31   ` Sharon Kimble [this message]

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