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Subject:Re: Troubles with Tables - Table Wrangling! From:Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net> To:Collin T <tutivillus -at- gmail -dot- com>,<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:42:27 -0500
Yes, go into table properties and make sure that all of the
preferred size options are turned off.
But then, flip to Normal View (using either the View menu
or the icons in the bottom left corner). In Normal View,
you can see all of the table, even if it extends off the
page. Manipulate your table in Normal View until it fits
within the margins of your page, then switch back to Layout
View to add the finishing touches.
HTH!
-Sue Gallagher
>
> From: Collin T <tutivillus -at- gmail -dot- com>
> I'm having Table issues in MS Word.
>
> The problem is this:
>
> I'm formatting a Spec Doc and a developer dropped a table that falls
> way out of the margins. Nothing I do seems to get it to behave
> properly (get back in the margins.) I've tried forcing it to fit,
> splitting it, resizing, etc. The * -at- #!! thing just seems to defy the
> rules of logic and common sense...
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