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Column width not honoured during word export

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      Issue Summary

      Auto-adjust column width based on the text length during word export.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Add a table on the confluence page 
      2. Adjust the column width of the table
      3. and export the page to word
      4. in the word document, all the table columns will be of the same width as that of the longest column as per the text. making the word document less desirable and user-friendly.

      Expected Results

      The column width should be auto-adjusted to match the length of the text

      Column width.doc

      Actual Results

      Word+export_ column width.doc

      Workaround

      1. When typing long text in the table column use shift+enter for next line without paragraph space.
      2. export the page to word and the column will be of the same length as on the confluence page

      Demo: 264c4053-d7a4-46a7-b9ca-6508b3a4a9bf.webm

        1. 264c4053-d7a4-46a7-b9ca-6508b3a4a9bf.webm
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        2. Column width.doc
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        3. Screenshot 2022-11-29 at 4.25.24 PM.png
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        4. Word+export_ column width.doc
          7 kB
          Uzair Ahmed

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              548341a8b24f Uzair Ahmed
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