It works if you are at the very top of the table, which is why pressing
Ctrl+Home is suggested.

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"Rick" wrote in message
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No, Enter alone does not always work. I see documents all the time that
start with a table on page 1 and for one reason or another, pressing Enter
will not, under any circumstance, add a para before the table. You can
press
it till the cows come home and all you'll get is a lot of paras in cell 1.

Therefore, I showed him how to force it if necessary.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Enter works in every version from Word 6.0 forward.

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"Rick" wrote in message
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And if that doesn't work, use Ctrl-Shift-Enter.


"Peter" wrote in message
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Ok, so I have a table: a long one that starts right at the top of the
page.

Now I am trying to write something ABOVE the table and there is no way
I
can force the thing down!

Help...