[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I think that the best that you can do is to select the paragraph mark (¶)
that is at the top of the column and then use format paragraph to remove any
space before or after the paragraph and set the line spacing to Exactly 1pt
(the minimum). You probably won't be able to tell that the table is 1pt
lower.

Another way however would be to press enter at the top of the first column
to push the text in that column down.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Chris" wrote in message
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I'm putting tables inside of newspaper columns. My first table doesn't
necessarily fill the first column, but I want the second table to be at
the
top of the second column. When I use a column break after the first table,
I
cannot find any way to get the second table to line up at the top of the
second column. There is always a line above the table, and any attempt to
delete that line simply deletes the column break. How can I put a table at
the top of the second column?