Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 172)

152 Book Tools
• The cells of right aligned tables expand to the left.
• The cells of center aligned tables expand from the center out.
Equalize column widths
You may have a variety of cells of varying widths, to equalize them:
1. Select the cells you wish to equalize.
2. Click the Balance Cell Widths button on the Table Cells palette or choose Distribute Columns
Evenly from the Table menu.
Figure 140
A table with unequal cell widths before “equalizing”
Figure 141
A table with cell widths equalized (notice the words “words” and “common”)
Equalized, or balanced, means precisely that. If you select cells in which one of the words extends
the width of the cell and then balance the cells, the text in the wider cell will wrap.
Figure 142
A table with a wide cell due to a longer word (notice the words “common” and “but”)