[Blacktom]

I'm inserting a table into a single page word document. It sits at the bottom
of the page, under the text. There is enough room for it to fit, but I want
to maximise the size of the table using all the available space. However,
when I drag the bottom edge of the table to where the ruler shows the margin
to be, the table breaks and continues on a new page. Revealing non-printing
characters shows that there is a paragraph break below the table, so
presumably the reason the table breaks when it hasn't exceeded the page
margins is because room is needed for the paragraph break. This seems a bit
strange, because with text, the break comes at the end of a line, i.e. it
doesn' t need a line of its own. Is there a way round this?

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

You can select and format the paragraph mark (¶) following the table as 1 pt
font size, with line spacing set to 1 pt, and spacing before/after both set
to zero. You can also format it as hidden. You can even create a paragraph
style with all of these characteristics, and apply it to the paragraph
following the table. Give the style a descriptive name such as Hidden
Paragraph.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Blacktom" wrote in message
...
I'm inserting a table into a single page word document. It sits at the
bottom
of the page, under the text. There is enough room for it to fit, but I
want
to maximise the size of the table using all the available space. However,
when I drag the bottom edge of the table to where the ruler shows the
margin
to be, the table breaks and continues on a new page. Revealing
non-printing
characters shows that there is a paragraph break below the table, so
presumably the reason the table breaks when it hasn't exceeded the page
margins is because room is needed for the paragraph break. This seems a
bit
strange, because with text, the break comes at the end of a line, i.e. it
doesn' t need a line of its own. Is there a way round this?

[macropod[_2_]]

hi Blacktom,

You cannot avoid having at least one paragraph below the last table in a document. You can, however, minimize that paragraph's
effects by:
1. reducing the point size to 1
2. eliminating any 'space before'
3. formatting the paragraph as hidden

--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Blacktom" wrote in message ...
I'm inserting a table into a single page word document. It sits at the bottom
of the page, under the text. There is enough room for it to fit, but I want
to maximise the size of the table using all the available space. However,
when I drag the bottom edge of the table to where the ruler shows the margin
to be, the table breaks and continues on a new page. Revealing non-printing
characters shows that there is a paragraph break below the table, so
presumably the reason the table breaks when it hasn't exceeded the page
margins is because room is needed for the paragraph break. This seems a bit
strange, because with text, the break comes at the end of a line, i.e. it
doesn' t need a line of its own. Is there a way round this?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Stefan and "macropod" have pointed out, you can't avoid the paragraph
after the table, but the reason the table is breaking (as opposed to just
having a "blank" page for the empty paragraph) is likely that the last row
of the table is formatted as "Keep with next."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Blacktom" wrote in message
...
I'm inserting a table into a single page word document. It sits at the
bottom
of the page, under the text. There is enough room for it to fit, but I
want
to maximise the size of the table using all the available space. However,
when I drag the bottom edge of the table to where the ruler shows the
margin
to be, the table breaks and continues on a new page. Revealing
non-printing
characters shows that there is a paragraph break below the table, so
presumably the reason the table breaks when it hasn't exceeded the page
margins is because room is needed for the paragraph break. This seems a
bit
strange, because with text, the break comes at the end of a line, i.e. it
doesn' t need a line of its own. Is there a way round this?