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Tables slide over text (HELP time critical)
I have a Word document with tables in it. My problem is that the tables
won't keep the position I put them in relative to the text. I wish I could send a picture in this forum. I cut and paste my table to the place I want it (e.g., between two paragraphs), but when I open the document again, it's literally sitting on top of text. If I drag it up or down or left or right, I can see the text underneath appear. It's as if I have two "planes" in my document, one for text and one for tables. Here's a picture of what a portiion of my document might look like after I open it. (Having closed it looking reasonable.) THE DOCUMENT WHEN I CLOSE IT The quick red fox jumped over the whatever fence. Sorry I don't remember my typing lesson. |table of fox jump timings| | 1 3 5 6 7 8 | | 3.4 5.6 75. | AND HERE'S THE DOCUMENT WHEN I OPEN IT AGAIN Th|table of fox jump timings|d over the wh| 1 3 5 6 7 8 |don't remember my| 3.4 5.6 75. | Hoping someone can help. The paper is already late because of this and the extension is only til midnight. |
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Try clicking on the table and then using Tables - Table Properties to check
the wrapping settings for the table, it might work if you set the wrapping to 'None', if not, try setting the wrapping to 'around' and then back to 'none' again to see if it sorts it out. Andrea Jones "Laurel" wrote in message ... I have a Word document with tables in it. My problem is that the tables won't keep the position I put them in relative to the text. I wish I could send a picture in this forum. I cut and paste my table to the place I want it (e.g., between two paragraphs), but when I open the document again, it's literally sitting on top of text. If I drag it up or down or left or right, I can see the text underneath appear. It's as if I have two "planes" in my document, one for text and one for tables. Here's a picture of what a portiion of my document might look like after I open it. (Having closed it looking reasonable.) THE DOCUMENT WHEN I CLOSE IT The quick red fox jumped over the whatever fence. Sorry I don't remember my typing lesson. |table of fox jump timings| | 1 3 5 6 7 8 | | 3.4 5.6 75. | AND HERE'S THE DOCUMENT WHEN I OPEN IT AGAIN Th|table of fox jump timings|d over the wh| 1 3 5 6 7 8 |don't remember my| 3.4 5.6 75. | Hoping someone can help. The paper is already late because of this and the extension is only til midnight. |
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The problem is that if you drag a table by its handle (in Print Layout
view), it becomes wrapped; there is no way to avoid this. There are two ways to solve the problem: 1. After dragging the table, go to Table Properties and set the wrapping back to None; or 2. Instead of dragging the table by its handle, select the entire table in the usual way (this is easier in Normal view, where you don't risk grabbing the handle) and drag. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Laurel" wrote in message ... I have a Word document with tables in it. My problem is that the tables won't keep the position I put them in relative to the text. I wish I could send a picture in this forum. I cut and paste my table to the place I want it (e.g., between two paragraphs), but when I open the document again, it's literally sitting on top of text. If I drag it up or down or left or right, I can see the text underneath appear. It's as if I have two "planes" in my document, one for text and one for tables. Here's a picture of what a portiion of my document might look like after I open it. (Having closed it looking reasonable.) THE DOCUMENT WHEN I CLOSE IT The quick red fox jumped over the whatever fence. Sorry I don't remember my typing lesson. |table of fox jump timings| | 1 3 5 6 7 8 | | 3.4 5.6 75. | AND HERE'S THE DOCUMENT WHEN I OPEN IT AGAIN Th|table of fox jump timings|d over the wh| 1 3 5 6 7 8 |don't remember my| 3.4 5.6 75. | Hoping someone can help. The paper is already late because of this and the extension is only til midnight. |
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Thanks.
It turns out it was a different setting on that same tabpage. Click "Positioning". At the bottom of the next page are two check boxes, "Move with text" and "Allow overlap." Mine had the first unchecked and the second checked. It needed to be the reverse. I have no idea how those got set that way, as I didn't know about all these settings. "Allabout" wrote in message ... Try clicking on the table and then using Tables - Table Properties to check the wrapping settings for the table, it might work if you set the wrapping to 'None', if not, try setting the wrapping to 'around' and then back to 'none' again to see if it sorts it out. Andrea Jones "Laurel" wrote in message ... I have a Word document with tables in it. My problem is that the tables won't keep the position I put them in relative to the text. I wish I could send a picture in this forum. I cut and paste my table to the place I want it (e.g., between two paragraphs), but when I open the document again, it's literally sitting on top of text. If I drag it up or down or left or right, I can see the text underneath appear. It's as if I have two "planes" in my document, one for text and one for tables. Here's a picture of what a portiion of my document might look like after I open it. (Having closed it looking reasonable.) THE DOCUMENT WHEN I CLOSE IT The quick red fox jumped over the whatever fence. Sorry I don't remember my typing lesson. |table of fox jump timings| | 1 3 5 6 7 8 | | 3.4 5.6 75. | AND HERE'S THE DOCUMENT WHEN I OPEN IT AGAIN Th|table of fox jump timings|d over the wh| 1 3 5 6 7 8 |don't remember my| 3.4 5.6 75. | Hoping someone can help. The paper is already late because of this and the extension is only til midnight. |
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