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Default Move Table Into Margins?

If the table is not wrapped, you can do as follows:
Right-click in the table and select Table Properties. On the Table tab, type
the desired negative amount in the €śIndent from left€ť field. Click OK.

From your description, I assume that your table is wrapped (Text wrapping
€śAround€ť). As far as I can see, you cannot set the €śIndent from left€ť while
text wrapping is set to €śAround€ť €“ the option is disabled. But I could make
it work as follows: While the Table Properties dialog box is open, first
change the wrapping to €ťNone€ť, then set the desired negative €ťIndent from
left€ť, then select text Wrapping €ťAround€ť again. Click OK.

Note that if you have a left cell margin defined in Table Properties Table
tab Options, the table exceeds the left margin with that amount. Either set
the left cell margin to 0 (zero) or subtract the amount from the negative
left indent you specify.

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"StevenM" wrote:

Is there a way to move a table into the margins?

Let's say we have a 13x13 pica table setting at the left margin with text
wrapped around it. Would it be possible to move that table 2 picas into the
left margin?

I tried selecting the table and giving it a negative paragraph indent, but
that just made the text inside the table disappear.

I'm using Word 2007.

Any help would be appreciated.

Steven Craig Miller