OK. managed to center the document, with all the text visible by fiddling
with the margins in page setup.

One thing I don't understand is that currently, in the page setup, the left
margin is 1.8" and right margin is .7", and in this case, the text prints out
with equal margins on left and right. Does that mean the actual margins are
much less than these? But, I was able to adjust and center the text by
increasing the left margin by a few inches. Would love to get an explanation
of what's going on here.

Thanks, and have a wonderful holiday season!!

-Amit

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Go to Table | Cell Height and Width. On the Row tab, choose Center
alignment.

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"Amit" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I'm having a tough time trying to center a table in a document. Using MS
Word 97.
When I go to Page Layout, the Left and Right margins are set to 0.7". But,
when I look at the document in Print Preview, there is more space on the
left
side of the document than on the right side. I'd like to make this
symmetrical.

In the Page Layout view, I've tried to play with the margins at the top,
but
it just shifts the text on the left, and in the Print Preview, the text is
cut off. I think I need to adjust the "window" through which I'm looking
at
the text and shift it to the left, before centering the text. Hope this
makes
sense.

I'm not an expert in Word formatting, so will appreciate any help with
this.

Thanks!

-amit