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Cell margin messes up table position
Whenever I apply a (larger) left cell margin to the top left cell of a table,
the whole table jumps to the left. This happens when it is applied either individually to the cell, or globally to the whole table. Applying it to any other cell or cells does not cause the problem. This is fatal when using labels, and a problem the rest of the time. Does anyone know why it's doing this oe what I'm doing wrong and how to avoid this? Thanks in advance. (Using Word in Office 2003) |
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Cell margin messes up table position
The left position of a table is determined by the value in Table Properties
Table tab Indent from left. However, if a left/right cell margin is applied to a cell in the leftmost/rightmost column, such margin is added to the outside of the table as you have experienced (but the actual result depends on other factors such as how the preferred width of the table is defined). You can solve the problem in different ways: You can keep the left cell margin and compensate for that margin by setting the "Indent from left" to the same amount. Alternatively, you can set both the "Indent from left" and the left cell margin to 0 (zero) and then indent the text in the cells by applying a left indentation to the text via Format Paragraph (personally, I prefer this method because I find it easier to keep track of the exact table width and position this way). -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "FredFred" wrote: Whenever I apply a (larger) left cell margin to the top left cell of a table, the whole table jumps to the left. This happens when it is applied either individually to the cell, or globally to the whole table. Applying it to any other cell or cells does not cause the problem. This is fatal when using labels, and a problem the rest of the time. Does anyone know why it's doing this oe what I'm doing wrong and how to avoid this? Thanks in advance. (Using Word in Office 2003) |
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Cell margin messes up table position
Thank you Lene. That was very helpful
Sincerely, Fred "Lene Fredborg" wrote: The left position of a table is determined by the value in Table Properties Table tab Indent from left. However, if a left/right cell margin is applied to a cell in the leftmost/rightmost column, such margin is added to the outside of the table as you have experienced (but the actual result depends on other factors such as how the preferred width of the table is defined). You can solve the problem in different ways: You can keep the left cell margin and compensate for that margin by setting the "Indent from left" to the same amount. Alternatively, you can set both the "Indent from left" and the left cell margin to 0 (zero) and then indent the text in the cells by applying a left indentation to the text via Format Paragraph (personally, I prefer this method because I find it easier to keep track of the exact table width and position this way). -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "FredFred" wrote: Whenever I apply a (larger) left cell margin to the top left cell of a table, the whole table jumps to the left. This happens when it is applied either individually to the cell, or globally to the whole table. Applying it to any other cell or cells does not cause the problem. This is fatal when using labels, and a problem the rest of the time. Does anyone know why it's doing this oe what I'm doing wrong and how to avoid this? Thanks in advance. (Using Word in Office 2003) |
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