The Make Full Width button on a table element expands the width of the table, if it is less than the full width of the page, and extends the last column to the edge of the table, all at once.
Note: This only works when the total width of the selected columns is less than the page width. If a table is hiding columns because they exceed the width of the page, thus appearing less than full size, the button will not expand the last visible column that fits into the page.
Overflowing columns need to be addressed separately by reducing their size using the column editor.
For example: This is what a table with overflowing columns might look like:
It appears as if the Rate column should stretch to the end, but the Amount column is the last selected column, which is overflowing outside the boundaries of the page, and removed from the designer to closely resemble the printed version. These steps show how to fix this:
- Select the table and click the Edit Columns button.
- There is a warning message indicating the total width exceeds the available space:
- Scroll completely to the right and drag the right edge of the Amount column to the left to reduce it.
- When the warning message is gone, the table correctly fits inside the page.
- Close the column editor.
If the columns do not fill the full width of the page, the Make Full button will now expand the last column:
