Why is not possible to use the align/distribute function (grayed out)
when working with shapes in a table?
A colleague has used a table to set out the elements of his page and
would like to align shapes (five squares ) in one of the resulting cells
but is unable to do so.
Any help gratefully received.
Mike H

In Word 2002/2003, I believe the Align/Distribute commands are available
only when you are using the drawing canvas, but in a table, even with the
drawing canvas, they are disabled. I agree this is annoying.

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"Mike Hyndman" wrote in message
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Why is not possible to use the align/distribute function (grayed out)
when working with shapes in a table?
A colleague has used a table to set out the elements of his page and
would like to align shapes (five squares ) in one of the resulting cells
but is unable to do so.
Any help gratefully received.
Mike H

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:37:41 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

In Word 2002/2003, I believe the Align/Distribute commands are available
only when you are using the drawing canvas, but in a table, even with the
drawing canvas, they are disabled. I agree this is annoying.
Thanks Suzanne, I agree entirely.
Regards
Mike H