Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Adjusting Table Row Height.
Word allows you to independently adjust the height of every row in a table. For many table uses, you can rely on Word to select an automatic row height. There may be other times when you want to take charge and specify your own row height. You can do so by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Row tab of the Table Properties dialog box.
You can also adjust row height by using the mouse, as described in other issues of WordTips.
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2019-11-15 16:27:35
Kathy
@Pat Hughes:
I find there are usually extra line (or paragraph) breaks hiding somewhere in the row that won't go any smaller.
The easiest way to check is to click on the Pilcrow symbol "¶" [located on the Home tab, in the upper right corner of the "Paragraph" section]
Once you can see all the formatting marks, you'll spot the culprit(s).
Delete any extra line or paragraph breaks and the row's height will automatically shrink to whatever you've set it to.
2019-09-09 15:03:19
Pat Hughes
This did not work. For some reason I can change the column size but not the row size. I'm able to change the cell margins also. I just can't change the rows. The rows are not all the same size. I thought maybe the person in made the table used a style to make all rows the same so I can't change them. But they are all different.
2017-01-11 10:15:09
I have followed your tips for resizing the height of cells in a table in Word 2016. However, I want to make my cells smaller, and it seems that it will only allow them to be made bigger. Is there a way to make them smaller? Auto-height doesn't work either. I'm trying to fit lots of cells on one sheet of paper, so I need them tighter/smaller.
Thanks!!!
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