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Default Enabling multiple lines per cell

Try the following:

Select all the cells and, in the Cell Options dialog box, turn on
"Wrap text" and turn off "Fit text."

Also, set a fixed height for (the selected) row(s): On the Table menu,
click Table Properties. Click the Row tab. Check the "Specify height"
option, type a suitable value, and, at "Row height is," choose
"Exactly." Click OK.

Another thing to consider: On the Table menu, click AutoText, and then
click Fixed Column Width. This ensures that each column has a fixed
width.

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Stefan Blom
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How do I enable typing multiple lines in one cell without resizing

the
cell? I downloaded a word 2000 document with a table that I need to
fill in and email back. On the first row, the first cell restricts

me
to typing on one line and if I let the text wrap it expands the

entire
row down. this is not what I want. However the other two cells on

the
same row do not resize when the text wraps to a second line, nor

when I
hit the enter key to add a new line. Wrap is on and autosizing is

off
for the table. In looking at all of the table and cell properties,
including table options, everything appears to be the same for all
cells, but clearly something is different. But what?