Column Dead space in Bom and Revision Tables

We have just upgraded to 2004 sp 2.1, wanting to use some of the new
functionality, I have tried to customize the BOM and Revision tables
to meet our company standards. To my surprise (maybe I should not
have been surprised)they seem to be a big tease. our typical column
set up has one column that has the title "ITEM" and one column that
has the title "QTY" we set these at a width of .5 inches. The bom
table will only let me set the width to .91 inches.

Has anyone found a back door to decrease the column width or dead
space in the columns so that the width is more tolerable?

Maybe its just me but if one introduces new fuctionallity it should be
as good as what it replaces. Right now I can't see any benefit. I
can't believe with this that they originally dropped the excel BOMS.

**Retorical Question** What the...?

 

Maybe its just me but if one introduces new fuctionallity it should be

fyi, you can still use excel. probably have to wait for '05 to see any
improvements

 

Bryan,

In the BOM column you want to modify, try Column Properties, User
Defined. In the custom property box, select Number, in the Title box
just type one letter, N. Make the column left justified.

You should be able to slide the column - a bit more narrow. Then go
back and enter complete column heading, there is still white space -
but not as much.


Regards, Marie