How can I edit the size of table cells?

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I have a problem with a chart I was about to make.
In the preview it looks perfectly like it is supposed to look:



But when I posted the table, it was all crippled:


Here's a chart I've made about the results of the CSU and its share in the overall Union vote:

Year 1949 1953 19571) 1961 1965 1969 19722) 1976 1980 1983 1987 19903) 1994 1998 2002 2005 2009 2013

Chancellor candidate Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Kurt Georg Kiesinger Rainer Barzel Helmut Kohl Franz Josef Strauß Helmut Kohl Helmut Kohl Helmut Kohl Helmut Kohl Helmut Kohl Edmund Stoiber Angela Merkel Angela Merkel Angela Merkel

CSU top candidate Hanns Seidel Fritz Schäffer Fritz Schäffer Franz Josef Strauß Franz Josef Strauß Franz Josef Strauß Franz Josef Strauß Franz Josef Strauß Franz Josef Strauß Franz Josef Strauß Franz Josef Strauß Theo Waigel Theo Waigel Theo Waigel Edmund Stoiber Edmund Stoiber Peter Ramsauer Gerda Hasselfeldt

Union (PV) 7,359,084 12,443,981 15,008,399 14,298,372 15,524,068 15,195,187 16,806,020 18,394,801 16,897,659 18,998,545 16,761,572 20,358,096 19,517,156 17,329,388 18,482,641 16,631,049 14,658,515 18,165,446

Union (%) 31.0% 45.2% 50.2% 45.3% 47.6% 46.1% 44.9% 48.6% 44.5% 48.8% 44.3% 43.8% 41.4% 35.1% 38.5% 35.2% 33.8% 41.5%

CSU (PV) 1,380,448 2,427,387 3,133,060 3,014,471 3,136,506 3,115,652 3,615,183 4,027,499 3,908,459 4,140,865 3,715,827 3,302,980 3,427,196 3,324,480 4,315,080 3,494,309 2,830,238 3,243,569

CSU (% fed.) 5.8% 8.9% 10.5% 9.6% 9.6% 9.5% 9.7% 10.6% 10.3% 10.6% 9.8% 7.1% 7.3% 6.7% 9.0% 7.4% 6.5% 7.4%

CSU (% Bav.) 29.2% 47.8% 57.2% 54.9% 55.6% 54.4% 55.1% 60.0% 57.6% 59.5% 55.1% 51.9% 51.2% 47.7% 58.6% 49.2% 42.5% 49.3%

CSU share 18.8% 19.5% 20.9% 21.1% 20.2% 20.5% 21.5% 21.9% 23.1% 21.8% 22.2% 16.2% 17.6% 19.2% 23.3% 21.0% 19.3% 17.9%

1) First election after the Saarland's reunification with West Germany. Only time the CSU also competed outside of Bavaria; the federal CSU result includes the Saarland votes.
2) The voting age had been lowered from 21 to 18, hence the marked increase in votes.
3) First election after Reunification, hence the large increase in votes.


How can I change the width and height of the cells in order to prevent a line break?

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How can I change the width and height of the cells in order to prevent a line break?

You need to use actual table rows and not carriage returns.

To get this:

R1C1	R1C2
R2C1	R2C2

You're trying to place each column in a single table cell like so:

Code:

[table]
[tr]
[td]
R1C1
R2C1
[/td]
[tr]
[td]
R1C2
R2C2
[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

But what you have to do to get the rows to line up correctly is this:

Code:

[table]
[tr]
[td]R1C1[/td]
[td]R1C2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]R2C1[/td]
[td]R2C2[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

This way, even if the narrowness causes line breaks, each cell in a row will be the same height.

Note, that the BBCode used on this forum does not support the full set of possibilities that (X)HTML does when it comes to table formatting.

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Thank you, Ernest. Muon already told me how to do that Sisyphean task...

Code:

[table][tr][td][i]Year[/i][/td][td][i]Chancellor candidate[/i][/td][td][i]CSU top candidate[/i][/td][td][right][i]Union (PV)[/i][/right][/td][td][right][i]Union (%)[/i][/right][/td][td][right][i]CSU (PV)[/i][/right][/td][td][right][i]CSU (% fed.)[/i][/right][/td][td][right][i]CSU (% Bav.)[/i][/right][/td][td][right][i]CSU share[/i][/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1949[/td][td][b]Konrad Adenauer[/b][/td][td]Hanns Seidel[/td][td][right]7,359,084[/right][/td][td][right]31.0%[/right][/td][td][right]1,380,448[/right][/td][td][right]5.8%[/right][/td][td][right]29.2%[/right][/td][td][right]18.8%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1953[/td][td][b]Konrad Adenauer[/b][/td][td]Fritz Schäffer[/td][td][right]12,443,981[/right][/td][td][right]45.2%[/right][/td][td][right]2,427,387[/right][/td][td][right]8.9%[/right][/td][td][right]47.8%[/right][/td][td][right]19.5%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1957[sup][size=6pt]1)[/size][/sup][/td][td][b]Konrad Adenauer[/b][/td][td]Fritz Schäffer[/td][td][right]15,008,399[/right][/td][td][right][b]50.2%[/b][/right][/td][td][right]3,133,060[/right][/td][td][right]10.5%[/right][/td][td][right]57.2%[/right][/td][td][right]20.9%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1961[/td][td][b]Konrad Adenauer[/b][/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td][right]14,298,372[/right][/td][td][right]45.3%[/right][/td][td][right]3,014,471[/right][/td][td][right]9.6%[/right][/td][td][right]54.9%[/right][/td][td][right]21.1%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1965[/td][td][b]Ludwig Erhard[/b][/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td][right]15,524,068[/right][/td][td][right]47.6%[/right][/td][td][right]3,136,506[/right][/td][td][right]9.6%[/right][/td][td][right]55.6%[/right][/td][td][right]20.2%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1969[/td][td]Kurt G. Kiesinger[/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td][right]15,195,187[/right][/td][td][right]46.1%[/right][/td][td][right]3,115,652[/right][/td][td][right]9.5%[/right][/td][td][right]54.4%[/right][/td][td][right]20.5%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1972[sup][size=6pt]2)[/size][/sup][/td][td]Rainer Barzel[/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td][right]16,806,020[/right][/td][td][right]44.9%[/right][/td][td][right]3,615,183[/right][/td][td][right]9.7%[/right][/td][td][right]55.1%[/right][/td][td][right]21.5%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1976[/td][td]Helmut Kohl[/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td][right][right]18,394,801[/right][/right][/td][td][right]48.6%[/right][/td][td][right]4,027,499[/right][/td][td][right][b]10.6%[/b][/right][/td][td][right][b]60.0%[/b][/right][/td][td][right]21.9%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1980[/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td][right]16,897,659[/right][/td][td][right]44.5%[/right][/td][td][right]3,908,459[/right][/td][td][right]10.3%[/right][/td][td][right]57.6%[/right][/td][td][right]23.1%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1983[/td][td][b]Helmut Kohl[/b][/td][td]Franz J. Strauß [/td][td][right]18,998,545[/right][/td][td][right]48.8%[/right][/td][td][right]4,140,865[/right][/td][td][right]10.6%[/right][/td][td][right]59.5%[/right][/td][td][right]21.8%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1987[/td][td][b]Helmut Kohl[/b][/td][td]Franz J. Strauß[/td][td][right]16,761,572[/right][/td][td][right]44.3%[/right][/td][td][right]3,715,827[/right][/td][td][right]9.8%[/right][/td][td][right]55.1%[/right][/td][td][right]22.2%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1990[sup][size=6pt]3)[/size][/sup][/td][td][b]Helmut Kohl[/b][/td][td]Theo Waigel[/td][td][right][b]20,358,096[/b][/right][/td][td][right]43.8%[/right][/td][td][right]3,302,980[/right][/td][td][right]7.1%[/right][/td][td][right]51.9%[/right][/td][td][right][i]16.2%[/i][/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1994[/td][td][b]Helmut Kohl[/b][/td][td]Theo Waigel[/td][td][right]19,517,156[/right][/td][td][right]41.4%[/right][/td][td][right]3,427,196[/right][/td][td][right]7.3%[/right][/td][td][right]51.2%[/right][/td][td][right]17.6%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1998[/td][td]Helmut Kohl[/td][td]Theo Waigel[/td][td][right]17,329,388[/right][/td][td][right]35.1%[/right][/td][td][right]3,324,480[/right][/td][td][right]6.7%[/right][/td][td][right]47.7%[/right][/td][td][right]19.2%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2002[/td][td]Edmund Stoiber[/td][td]Edmund Stoiber[/td][td][right]18,482,641[/right][/td][td][right]38.5%[/right][/td][td][right][b]4,315,080[/b][/right][/td][td][right]9.0%[/right][/td][td][right]58.6%[/right][/td][td][right][b]23.3%[/b][/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2005[/td][td][b]Angela Merkel[/b][/td][td]Edmund Stoiber[/td][td][right]16,631,049[/right][/td][td][right]35.2%[/right][/td][td][right]3,494,309[/right][/td][td][right]7.4%[/right][/td][td][right]49.2%[/right][/td][td][right]21.0%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2009[/td][td][b]Angela Merkel[/b][/td][td]Peter Ramsauer[/td][td][right]14,658,515[/right][/td][td][right]33.8%[/right][/td][td][right]2,830,238[/right][/td][td][right]6.5%[/right][/td][td][right]42.5%[/right][/td][td][right]19.3%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2013[/td][td][b]Angela Merkel[/b][/td][td]Gerda Hasselfeldt[/td][td][right]18,165,446[/right][/td][td][right]41.5%[/right][/td][td][right]3,243,569[/right][/td][td][right]7.4%[/right][/td][td][right]49.3%[/right][/td][td][right]17.9%[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2017[/td][td][b]Angela Merkel[/b][/td][td][size=9pt]Joachim Herrmann[/size][/td][td][right]15,315,576
[/right][/td][td][right]32.9%[/right][/td][td][right]2,869,744[/right][/td][td][right]6.2%[/right][/td][td][right]38.8%[/right][/td][td][right]18.7%[/right][/td][/tr]
[/table]