[Ray J]

I created a bunch of tables in a Word 2007 file, text below the tables are nice and snug with no gaps or extra lines. But when I try to create a header or type above the table, a blank line is automatically inserted between the top of the table and the text. How do I get rid of this? I hit the Show Paragraphs, and nothing shows on the blank line.

I just created a blank document, and the problem is not there? Will the problem reappear at random?

[Ray J]

I just realized inserting bullets adds the blank line. I am a newbie, so I don't know how to delete this thread. I will post this Q on a thread that deals with bullets.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are creating a header, this should not impact the document body at
all. If you are inserting a heading, then don't you need to have a paragraph
to insert it in? If the issue is a table at the top of a page following a
page break, you can get around the blank paragraph Word inserts by applying
"Page break before" formatting to the first row of the table instead of
inserting a manual page break.

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

"Ray J" wrote in message
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I created a bunch of tables in a Word 2007 file, text below the tables
are nice and snug with no gaps or extra lines. But when I try to
create a header or type above the table, a blank line is automatically
inserted between the top of the table and the text. How do I get rid
of this? I hit the Show Paragraphs, and nothing shows on the blank
line.

I just created a blank document, and the problem is not there? Will
the problem reappear at random?




--
Ray J

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Ray,

In adition to Suzanne's comments: You've checked the paragraph's "Space
after" setting?

Greetings,
Klaus

[Ray J]

I have set the paragraph space settings to 'dont add space'. My tables are in the middle of the page and they turn out like this:

Table 1:

TABLE

Instead I want this:

Table 1:
TABLE

and it doesnt matter if I try to snug it up to existing text above it or right click on the table to create a caption. I still get the blank lines... but only when I have bullet points in the table.

[Ray J]

Figured it out. I simply put a blank row at the top of the table with a zero height. Thanks for the help.

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Ray,

Could you mail me a sample doc to ?
Still can't figure out what might be happening...

Klaus


"Ray J" wrote:

I have set the paragraph space settings to 'dont add space'.
My tables are in the middle of the page and they turn out like this:

Table 1:

TABLE

Instead I want this:

Table 1:
TABLE

and it doesnt matter if I try to snug it up to existing text above it
or right click on the table to create a caption. I still get the blank
lines... but only when I have bullet points in the table.




--
Ray J