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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