How to: Create a Table with Fixed Column Width

• Apr 08, 2019

To create a table with fixed column widths, specify the following settings:

Property	Value
For the table set the Table.TableLayout	TableLayoutType.Fixed
For the table set the Table.PreferredWidthType	WidthType.Fixed
For each cell set the TableCell.PreferredWidthType	WidthType.Fixed
For each cell set the TableCell.PreferredWidth	A floating point value specifying the cell width measured in document units of measurement determined by the Document.Unit property.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/word-processing-document-api-examples-t418535

TablesActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
Table table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3);

table.TableAlignment = TableRowAlignment.Center;
table.TableLayout = TableLayoutType.Fixed;
table.PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed;
table.PreferredWidth = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(4f);

table.Rows[1].HeightType = HeightType.Exact;
table.Rows[1].Height = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.8f);

table[1, 1].PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed;
table[1, 1].PreferredWidth = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5f);

table.MergeCells(table[1, 1], table[2, 1]);

TablesActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
Dim table As Table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3)

table.TableAlignment = TableRowAlignment.Center
table.TableLayout = TableLayoutType.Fixed
table.PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed
table.PreferredWidth = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(4F)

table.Rows(1).HeightType = HeightType.Exact
table.Rows(1).Height = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.8F)

table(1, 1).PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed
table(1, 1).PreferredWidth = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5F)

table.MergeCells(table(1, 1), table(2, 1))