Yes, a lot of new table features were introduced in Word 2000. Usually these
will degrade gracefully, but your Word 97 users won't see exactly what you
intended.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Qatussa" wrote in message
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Hi Suzanne,
Great advice...thanks! As soon as I did this, the problem was clear...I'd
forgotten nested tables aren't available in 97. You're an angel!!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

On the Save tab of Tools | Options, enable the option to "Disable
features
introduced after Microsoft Word 97." This is a document-specific setting
and
won't affect your other documents.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Qatussa" wrote in message
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I've created forms in Word 2003 which were distributed to people
working
in
many different versions. Those using Word 97 find that the tables are
a
horrible mess when opened. Is there something that I can do to make
the
form
cross the boundry between versions without having this complication?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Qatussa