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Hide/Disable the Table Move Handle
Does anyone know how to switch off this features IF AT ALL POSSIBLE in
Word 2003 ? I use Print Layout all the time so I must be able to switch off in that mode rather than Normal or other views. Thanks Zak |
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I use 2003 and specifically Print Layout all the time, what exactly is the
problem? I don't believe it is possible to turn this feature off. Are you having problems with tables moving around on their own? Do you have the table text wrapping settings as None? DeanH "Zak" wrote: Does anyone know how to switch off this features IF AT ALL POSSIBLE in Word 2003 ? I use Print Layout all the time so I must be able to switch off in that mode rather than Normal or other views. Thanks Zak |
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On 25 Feb, 12:22, DeanH wrote:
I use 2003 and specifically Print Layout all the time, what exactly is the problem? I don't believe it is possible to turn this feature off. Are you having problems with tables moving around on their own? Do you have the table text wrapping settings as None? DeanH "Zak" wrote: Does anyone know how to switch off this features IF AT ALL POSSIBLE in Word 2003 ? I use Print Layout all the time so I must be able to switch off in that mode rather than Normal or other views. Thanks Zak- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hi Dean This feature makes the tables go crazy overlapping each other and moving in all directions. All I want is to switch the d*mn feature off but as you said it cannot be done so will have to work in Normal mode all the time ! I dont recall having this feature always there ? it make tables be treated like a graphic object which is a pain .. Moan .. moan .. moan .. cheers Zak |
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On 25 Feb, 10:56, Zak wrote:
Does anyone know how to switch off this features IF AT ALL POSSIBLE in Word 2003 ? I use Print Layout all the time so I must be able to switch off in that mode rather than Normal or other views. Thanks Zak Does anyone from MS on this group know the real answer to this ? I wonder if there is a Registry switch which allows switching off ? cheers Zak |
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A table can be placed inline or floating. From what you are describing they
are already set to floating. Select the table, right-click it, and then click Table Properties. On the Table tab, set the Text Wrapping to None which will change it to an inline table. When you insert a table it's inserted as an inline table by default. Chances are you are grabbing the Move handle to move the table which changes the placement to floating. If you want to keep your tables inline (which will prevent them from moving and overlapping) then to move them use Cut/Paste instead of drag/drop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs "Zak" wrote in message ... This feature makes the tables go crazy overlapping each other and moving in all directions. All I want is to switch the d*mn feature off but as you said it cannot be done so will have to work in Normal mode all the time ! I dont recall having this feature always there ? it make tables be treated like a graphic object which is a pain .. Moan .. moan .. moan .. cheers Zak |
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There isn't anyone from MS in these newsgroups. For more on who the MVPs
are, see the "What is a Microsoft MVP" link in my signature. Also, what you were given is the real answer. There isn't a Reg hack or similar to remove the view of the Move handle for tables. BUT I suspect I know the underlying reason you want to remove it. See my reply in this thread for more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs "Zak" wrote in message ... Does anyone from MS on this group know the real answer to this ? I wonder if there is a Registry switch which allows switching off ? cheers Zak |
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On 25 Feb, 15:39, "Beth Melton" wrote:
A table can be placed inline or floating. From what you are describing they are already set to floating. Select the table, right-click it, and then click Table Properties. On the Table tab, set the Text Wrapping to None which will change it to an inline table. When you insert a table it's inserted as an inline table by default. Chances are you are grabbing the Move handle to move the table which changes the placement to floating. If you want to keep your tables inline (which will prevent them from moving and overlapping) then to move them use Cut/Paste instead of drag/drop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVPhttps://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? *http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs "Zak" wrote in message ... This feature makes the tables go crazy overlapping each other and moving in all directions. All I want is to switch the d*mn feature off but as you said it cannot be done so will have to work in Normal mode all the time ! I dont recall having this feature always there ? it make tables be treated like a graphic object which is a pain .. Moan .. moan .. moan .. cheers Zak- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Amazing what can be achieved once you UNDERSTAND the logic and workings behind the feature ! Works like magic now .. many thanks Beth/MS .. brought my faith back in Word :-) Regards Zak |
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Amazing what can be achieved once you UNDERSTAND the logic and
workings behind the feature ! Works like magic now .. many thanks Beth/MS .. brought my faith back in Word :-) You're welcome. I'm glad to hear you have it sorted out. Isn't always easy once you have the solution? ;-) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs |
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I am glad the "Text Wrapping to None" solved your problem.
"Zak" wrote: On 25 Feb, 10:56, Zak wrote: Does anyone know how to switch off this features IF AT ALL POSSIBLE in Word 2003 ? I use Print Layout all the time so I must be able to switch off in that mode rather than Normal or other views. Thanks Zak Does anyone from MS on this group know the real answer to this ? I wonder if there is a Registry switch which allows switching off ? cheers Zak |
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On 25 Feb, 16:24, DeanH wrote:
I am glad the "Text Wrapping to None" solved your problem. "Zak" wrote: On 25 Feb, 10:56, Zak wrote: Does anyone know how to switch off this features IF AT ALL POSSIBLE in Word 2003 ? I use Print Layout all the time so I must be able to switch off in that mode rather than Normal or other views. Thanks Zak Does anyone from MS on this group know the real answer to this ? I wonder if there is a Registry switch which allows switching off ? cheers Zak- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - cheers Dean for your help .. |
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I'm very ambivalent about the table handle. It's all too easy to nudge it
accidentally, and the slightest nudge will make a table wrapped. I tend to work in Normal view, which avoids the problem, but then I can't double-click on the table handle to select the table, and that *is* a convenience (a convenience I understand has been lost in Word 2007 sigh). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... Amazing what can be achieved once you UNDERSTAND the logic and workings behind the feature ! Works like magic now .. many thanks Beth/MS .. brought my faith back in Word :-) You're welcome. I'm glad to hear you have it sorted out. Isn't always easy once you have the solution? ;-) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs |
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Double clicking on the handle used to bring up the Table Properties Dialog,
a facility that has been lost in 2007. Selecting the Table by single clicking on the handle remains. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I'm very ambivalent about the table handle. It's all too easy to nudge it accidentally, and the slightest nudge will make a table wrapped. I tend to work in Normal view, which avoids the problem, but then I can't double-click on the table handle to select the table, and that *is* a convenience (a convenience I understand has been lost in Word 2007 sigh). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... Amazing what can be achieved once you UNDERSTAND the logic and workings behind the feature ! Works like magic now .. many thanks Beth/MS .. brought my faith back in Word :-) You're welcome. I'm glad to hear you have it sorted out. Isn't always easy once you have the solution? ;-) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs |
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Right, sorry, that's what I was thinking of.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... Double clicking on the handle used to bring up the Table Properties Dialog, a facility that has been lost in 2007. Selecting the Table by single clicking on the handle remains. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I'm very ambivalent about the table handle. It's all too easy to nudge it accidentally, and the slightest nudge will make a table wrapped. I tend to work in Normal view, which avoids the problem, but then I can't double-click on the table handle to select the table, and that *is* a convenience (a convenience I understand has been lost in Word 2007 sigh). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... Amazing what can be achieved once you UNDERSTAND the logic and workings behind the feature ! Works like magic now .. many thanks Beth/MS .. brought my faith back in Word :-) You're welcome. I'm glad to hear you have it sorted out. Isn't always easy once you have the solution? ;-) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs |
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