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Word 2003 table indentation problem
Hi andy,
Don't know why this happened, but you can use this macro to get your tables aligned to the left margin again: Sub TablesToLeft() Dim aTable As Table For Each aTable In ActiveDocument.Tables With aTable.Rows .HorizontalPosition = 0 .RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionMargin End With Next aTable End Sub Record any macro, say record clicking the B-button on the Standard toolbar, and be sure to choose the document under 'Store macro in'. Choose Tools | Macro Macro's..., select your macro and choose Edit. The VBA-editor opens. Replace the entire current macro by the one above. Click the Save button in the VBA editor to save the document. Close the VBA editor. In Word, choose Tools | Macro Macros... Select TablesToLeft and click Run. If there are any tables left that are not positioned correctly, then drag them a little to the left or right and run the macro again. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "andy k" wrote: I'm running Word 2003 (without any service packs) on a Windows XP Pro SP2 system. My document is currently 97 pages long, with a number of tables on certain pages. My problem is, that for no reason whatsoever, Word decided to change the left indentation of all the tables in my document so that all of them are 0.85cm indented. I can solve the problem by highlighting the table and selecting FormatParagraph and changing the "Left" box under the heading Indentation back to 0. However, this is very long winded due to the size of my document and the amount of tables I have in it. Does anyone know why this has happened? Also, how can I get it to revert back to normal indentation as I originally formatted it, without selecting each table individually? Thanks in advance. |
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Word 2003 table indentation problem
Thanks for your reply.
However, the macro didn't seem to work. It did move some of the tables themselves to the left but it didn't move the actual text within the tables to the left at all. |
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Word 2003 table indentation problem
Andy:
The position of text in a table is controlled by the style applied to the text. Unless you changed it, that could be Normal style. If it is, and you put an indent on Normal style, it will affect the text in your tables. If you have Normal style set to "Automatically Update" than any time you set an indent on "any" paragraph in Normal style, every other paragraph in the document (including those within tables) that have Normal as their style will be affected. I suggest that you create a paragraph style named "Table Text". Set it to the formatting you want, make sure its left, right, above abd below settings are 0 and apply it to all of your tables. I STRONGLY suggest that you download Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office and apply it, before you get any more nasty surprises :-) Cheers On 17/3/06 12:43 PM, in article , "andy k" wrote: Thanks for your reply. However, the macro didn't seem to work. It did move some of the tables themselves to the left but it didn't move the actual text within the tables to the left at all. -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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