Unfortunately, no, this is not possible.

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"Tim L" Tim wrote in message
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I had thought about this exact solution but wondered if there is a way to
have the rounded rectangle grow with the table as information is added.
Resizing the rectangle to fit the table is time consuming.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Not with any built-in Word feature, I'm afraid. The best you can do is
draw
a rounded rectangle with no fill and place it over the table.

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"Chris Bartlett" Chris wrote in
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I have a requirment that needs rounded corners on the outside of Word
tables,
anybody have any ideas on how to acheive this?