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From: Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: tables column width question
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:04:29 +0200
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To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
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Hi Jude

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 15:06, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net> wrote:
> Is it possible in table mode to have a table expand as well as contract?
> If you make a header which has a minimal amount of spaces in it say:
> | date | time | syst | dias | pulse |
> +-

"+-" is only for table.el format AFAIK. For Org tables format you need
"|-" or "C-c -". Then you will get the expanded header:
| date             | time    | syst | dias | pulse |
|------------------+---------+------+------+-------|
| <2011-07-09 Sat> | 08:06AM |  139 |   89 |    81 |

Is that what you are looking for?

Michael