Resize, move, or lock a table

When you click anywhere in a table, controls appear around the table so you can select, move, and resize it.

Resize a table

Resizing a table makes the table larger or smaller; it doesn’t change the number of rows and columns it contains.

  1. Click the table to select it.

  2. Drag any of the selection handles (the white squares) on the edge of the table to make the table larger or smaller:

    • Resize the rows and columns simultaneously: Drag the white square in the corner.

    • Resize the table proportionally: Shift-drag the white square in the corner.

Move a table

  1. Click the table to select it.

  2. Drag Table handle in its top-left corner to move the table to where you want it.

    A table with the table handle showing in the top-left corner

Lock or unlock a table

You can lock a table so that it can’t be edited, moved, or deleted.

Do one of the following:

See also
Select tables, cells, rows, and columns