# Editing the table component **URL:** \ **Category:** General Help\ **Created:** [October 21, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/editing-the-table-component/624 "2019-10-21T11:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LuMurray](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/lumurray/32/303_2.png) [@LuMurray](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/LuMurray)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/editing-the-table-component/624/1 "2019-10-21T11:40:14Z")
Hi Does anyone know if you can alter the width of columns within a table? I have two columns one for an acronym and the second for the description, at the moment the table is way longer than it needs to be due to the width of the first column. Thanks Lu ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/hbailey/32/603_2.png) [@hbailey](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/editing-the-table-component/624/2 "2019-10-23T13:08:16Z")
Seems you can’t - but I am always tempted to use Table in text body of the Text component anyway as it’s more flexible - You can grow the columns and have headers etc - just as easy if not better… ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/evolveauthoring/original/1X/751aae391eb9b19682b7a5b61a73e4dbcdbebe62.png) ---
**Author:** ![LuMurray](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/lumurray/32/303_2.png) [@LuMurray](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/LuMurray)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/editing-the-table-component/624/3 "2019-10-24T14:46:33Z")
Ah, that looks like the solution I need. Thank you Lucy