How to increase a column width in numbers

No key commands are available. You can select the table then use the "Table Formatter":

These controls will apply to the items selected. If you have one column highlighted then you can change the width of that one column. If you select all columns then this control will apply to the selected columns.

you can also hover the cursor over the dividers between columns (the lines in the header... the lines between, for instance, the "A" and the "B"). The cursor will change to a vertical bar with a horizontal line with left right arrows, then click and drag as needed. Similar for rows.

Jonathan,

The Shortcuts for View Zooms is Shift-Comand-Period and Shift-Command-Comma.

These three-key shortcuts are listed as Command-> and Command-< in the menus, but of course you have to add the Shift key to get the ">" and "<".

Not sure if that is what you are looking for.

Hi Jonathan,

If you are wanting to increase/decrease column width so cell entries fit, check out the "Fit" button. It will adjust your columns around the content.

quinn

There is not menu item to adjust the column width. Since there are not menu items there is no way to create a shortcut to the command. You might be able to add and Applescript. For Applescript, hopefully, SGIII will see this thread and make a suggestion.

Jonathan,

Have you considered a Template with pre-determined table dimensions?

Jerry