[Greg[_4_]]

Whenever I insert a new table, its width extends beyond the edge of the
column -- apparently lining up the text edges in the cells with the
column edge, not the actual table width.

Is there some way to change this default? I can move the table borders
so they line up with the column edges, but I'd rather not do so every
dang time.

Running Word 07 under Vista.

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Greg

[Greg[_4_]]

Greg wrote:
Whenever I insert a new table, its width extends beyond the edge of the
column -- apparently lining up the text edges in the cells with the
column edge, not the actual table width.

Is there some way to change this default? I can move the table borders
so they line up with the column edges, but I'd rather not do so every
dang time.

Running Word 07 under Vista.


I guess nobody knows a solution.

--
Greg

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Change the Cell margins. Table ToolsLayoutPropertiesOptions.

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"Greg" wrote in message
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Greg wrote:
Whenever I insert a new table, its width extends beyond the edge of the
column -- apparently lining up the text edges in the cells with the
column edge, not the actual table width.

Is there some way to change this default? I can move the table borders so
they line up with the column edges, but I'd rather not do so every dang
time.

Running Word 07 under Vista.


I guess nobody knows a solution.

--
Greg

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not satisfactory for a table with borders, which is what's under discussion.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Change the Cell margins. Table ToolsLayoutPropertiesOptions.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Greg" wrote in message
...
Greg wrote:
Whenever I insert a new table, its width extends beyond the edge of the
column -- apparently lining up the text edges in the cells with the
column edge, not the actual table width.

Is there some way to change this default? I can move the table borders
so they line up with the column edges, but I'd rather not do so every
dang time.

Running Word 07 under Vista.


I guess nobody knows a solution.

--
Greg

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

It's as close to what is wanted as you can get.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Not satisfactory for a table with borders, which is what's under
discussion.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Change the Cell margins. Table ToolsLayoutPropertiesOptions.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Greg" wrote in message
...
Greg wrote:
Whenever I insert a new table, its width extends beyond the edge of the
column -- apparently lining up the text edges in the cells with the
column edge, not the actual table width.

Is there some way to change this default? I can move the table borders
so they line up with the column edges, but I'd rather not do so every
dang time.

Running Word 07 under Vista.


I guess nobody knows a solution.

--
Greg

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

What I have done to fix "oversize" tables is change the table width to, say,
98%. If I had to do it often, I would make a macro to change all of the
full-width tables in a document to that percentage. But I only have a couple
customers a year who insist that table be wholly inside the margins.

PamC


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
It's as close to what is wanted as you can get.

Not satisfactory for a table with borders, which is what's under
discussion.
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]

I guess nobody knows a solution.

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[Greg[_4_]]

Thanks for the try, anyway.

(I thought it would be an option because the usual definition of
"margin" is that everything is inside it. I guess nobody uses tables
with left/right borders.)

Greg

PamC via OfficeKB.com wrote:
What I have done to fix "oversize" tables is change the table width to, say,
98%. If I had to do it often, I would make a macro to change all of the
full-width tables in a document to that percentage. But I only have a couple
customers a year who insist that table be wholly inside the margins.

PamC


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
It's as close to what is wanted as you can get.

Not satisfactory for a table with borders, which is what's under
discussion.
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
I guess nobody knows a solution.

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Greg