I'm posting this to hopefully help others. I've struggled for a while when using the Rich Text Template part of the Requirement Types in Project Customization. I create a table, save the requirement type, go back in and look at the Rich Text Template, and find that my table has mysteriously grown (see below). No amount of resizing the row back to the original helps.
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As I was fighting a table a couple of days ago I dumped the contents of the Rich Text Template into Word to see if I could find any new information. I happened to right-click on a the table above and selected "Table Properties". When I selected the "Row" tab, this is what I saw:
"Wait", thought I, "I never specified a height. I want it to resize as needed!" So I unchecked the "Specify height" checkbox and voila! My table looks exactly how I wanted it to. When I looked at tables that sized appropriately, I did not see a value for "Specified height". I still do not know what in ALM causes the table to have an ever-increasing specified height, but if I have a work-around, it doesn't really matter.
I'm assuming this would also work for columns, but I haven't had cause to test that out. Anyway, I hope this helps a couple of people.