Hi j. -

It sounds like you have the table's Text Wrapping property set to 'Around' -
With the insertion point in the table, go to TableProperties & set the Text
Wrapping to 'None'.
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HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"jacobite" wrote in message
...
I have created a table in word which is behaving very stangely. I can't
seem
to move it down the page by putting in returns above it, and when I
attempt
to paste another table above it to move it down the page - the new table
appears to paste itslef on top of the original. Infuriating!

any ideas?

j.