How to change the width of Ribbon Bar sections - specifically for changing the width of the Table Name field?

gothic chicken

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When an Excel Table is selected, the Table Tools tab appears on the Ribbon Bar.
The first section of this ribbon is Properties and includes a field called "Table Name:" (This is "Change Table Name" in the "Customize the Ribbon" Excel Option).
... as in the top left corner of this screenshot:

exceltable08.png



This field is very short, about 12 characters: is there some way of lengthening it? Perhaps by some method of making the Properties section wider?
Adding it to the Quick Access Toolbar does not help.
 

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Not quite a solution but a way to see the full name is to check the name box [where you have A3 displayed just under table property] as there you can widen the width of the name box by dragging the 3 little verticals dots.
 
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Thanks for the reply sunnyland,
For some reason, I can't load pictures in this post like I did for my question, but the URLs appear to be working links to the relevant photos.

Your suggestion only works if you select a name from the name box and see which table it selects. It doesn't show which table is selected.
Capture.JPG

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yef76zjpc8w5rk/Capture.JPG?dl=0

You can't change the table name here either; if you try to, it simply creates a Named Range for the same range of cells.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cnj6egga5uqvpf5/Capture2.JPG?dl=0

... Ah! I've never noticed this, but if you select the table's entire data range (but not the header), the table name will appear in the Name Box! :)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iiy5se1wzr941cb/Capture3.JPG?dl=0


Still not the answer I'm after, but that technique does help identify a table more easily, so thanks for your reply!
 
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