The structure of tables underwent a major change from Word 97 to Word 2000,
specifically, the implementation of nested tables. There is a tutorial on
this at http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm. Tables created in Word 2000
(or later) using this feature will be permanently scrambled by Word 97.
There are suggestions in the tutorial.

See also http://addbalance.com/usersguide/tables.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Foster123" wrote in message
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One of our users regularly create Minutes in Word format and inserts
tables
etc. into them. When she sends documents to a colleague the tables never
show, it's just a mass of numbers. The colleague who creates the tables is
on
XP and Office 2000, but the colleague who receives the tables is on Office
97
and Windows 2000. Any advice.