[pdragon]

So I want to have two different tables side-by-side in a word document. I've adjusted the table borders so that each table takes up much less than half of a page (within the borders). When I select the two tables and try to put them into columns it splits the individual tables to spread across two columns. (see picture)



Clearly that is not what I want; I want the tables to appear side-by-side and not one one top of the other.

I should mention that I have previously had this work, though I don't know what's happened that it no longer does it.
Previously I had made two tables (one following the other in the word document), adjusted the table size so that they took up less than half the page, selected both tables and simply selected columns (two). As far as I'm aware I've done everything exactly the same; though this time it is in a much more formatted (overall) document with page numbers, a table of contents, etc.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Without looking at your image, my guess was that you somehow managed to get
a section break (Continuous) between the two tables as well as before and
after, so each table was being balanced across the columns, but that does
not appear to be the case (since the top purple row on the right appears to
slightly overlap the bottom green row on the left). What happens if you
select the green rows from the right-hand side and drag them down below the
green rows on the left side, deleting any emtpy paragraph that may appear
between them?

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

"pdragon" wrote in message
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So I want to have two different tables side-by-side in a word document.
I've adjusted the table borders so that each table takes up much less
than half of a page (within the borders). When I select the two tables
and try to put them into columns it splits the individual tables to
spread across two columns. (see picture)

[image:
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...rdproblem.jpg]

Clearly that is not what I want; I want the tables to appear
side-by-side and not one one top of the other.

I should mention that I have previously had this work, though I don't
know what's happened that it no longer does it.
Previously I had made two tables (one following the other in the word
document), adjusted the table size so that they took up less than half
the page, selected both tables and simply selected columns (two). As far
as I'm aware I've done everything exactly the same; though this time it
is in a much more formatted (overall) document with page numbers, a
table of contents, etc.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!




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pdragon