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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Optimal Column Width</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2004-08-10T10:16:19">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155628"><bookmark_value>spreadsheets; optimal column widths</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>columns; optimal widths</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>optimal column widths</bookmark_value>
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47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155628" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Optimal Column Width</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145068" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="optitext"><ahelp hid=".uno:SetOptimalColumnWidthDi">Defines the optimal column width for selected columns.</ahelp>
49</variable> The optimal column width depends on the longest entry within a column. You can choose from the available <link href="text/shared/00/00000003.xhp#metrik" name="measurement units">measurement units</link>.</paragraph>
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54<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Add</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150449" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"><ahelp hid="SC:METRICFIELD:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:ED_VALUE">Defines additional spacing between the longest entry in a column and the vertical column borders.</ahelp></paragraph>
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57<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145785" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Default value</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:BTN_DEFVAL">Defines the optimal column width in order to display the entire contents of the column.</ahelp> The additional spacing for the optimal column width is preset to 0.1 in.</paragraph>
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