Hi

I'm trying to increase the width of the columns but am not able to make it happen.

I tried both width on the pageBlockTable and on the column but nothing works.

What am I doing wrong?

	                    <apex:pageBlockSection title="Pending Orders">
		                    <apex:form >        
		                        <apex:pageBlockTable width="80%" value="{!mySearchResults}" var="entry">
		                            <apex:column headerValue="Select"> 
		                                <apex:inputCheckbox id="checkedone" value="{!entry.isSelected}"/>
		                                <apex:actionSupport event="onclick" />
		                            </apex:column>
		                            <apex:column value="{!entry.libTitle.Type__c}" headerValue="Type"/>
		                            <apex:column width="500px" value="{!entry.libTitle.Name}" headerValue="Name"/> 
		                            <apex:column value="{!entry.authors}" headerValue="Autors"/> 
		                            <apex:column width="5000px" value="{!entry.libTitle.Abstract__c}" headerValue="Abstract"/> 
		                            <apex:column value="{!entry.libTitle.Publication__c}" headerValue="Publication"/>
		                            <apex:column value="{!entry.libTitle.Publish_Date__c}" headerValue="Publish Date"/>
		                        </apex:pageBlockTable>
		                    </apex:form>                     
	                    </apex:pageBlockSection>
					</apex:pageBlock>

Thanks