[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

FWIW, having columns out of line should not prevent the tables from merging
since there is no requirement that columns be aligned. But it can't hurt to
try this.

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"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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If the tables have exactly identical rows, removing the paragraph between
them will cause the tables to merge. If one (or more) of the columns is
slightly out of alignment, it won't merge. Ramp up your Zoom level and see
if it is obvious which one is misaligned and nudge it back. As you align
it, you will see the column border being moved turn very pale as they
align. To check that all is now well, if you select a column by hovering
the mouse over the top of a column and clicking, will highlight the whole
column.

Terry

wrote in message
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On 2/27/2010 9:01 PM, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
Delete everything in between them. As a minimum there will be an empty
paragraph which will appear as ¶ when you click on the Show/Hide button
(¶)

The two tables are snug with no gap. Am I supposed to highlight both
tables? Show/Hide?

If I go to Layout tab and look at Merge, it only shows merge cells and no
merge tables. Help is useless.

Well, now that I know how to add multiple rows to a table, I can extend
the no. rows in table 1, and copy table 2 into it.

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