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Blank Area at the top of the page
I am in Word 2007.
I have a document with a header. The header has a table in it, at the bottom of the header. Underneath the table in the header is a large blank area. How do I get rid of the blank area? I guess I want to resize the header vertically, make it smaller vertically so that I can eliminate the blank area, but can't seem to find out how to do that. I looked at the header properties etc... there doesn't seem to be anything in the blank area. Thanks in Advance, Laurence |
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Blank Area at the top of the page
There must always be at least one paragraph below a table (you cannot delete
the last paragraph mark). This is also true for tables in a header. There are a couple of things to check: Check whether the top margin is larger than needed (set via Page Setup). Check whether you have a number of empty paragraphs below the table €“ press Ctrl+Shift+8 to turn on non-printing characters so that you can see the paragraph marks (¶). Delete any superfluous paragraphs. If you have only one paragraph mark below the table, you can set the line spacing to "Exactly" with a small value (around 0,7 pt is the smallest accepted amount). Also make sure that space before and after are set to 0. All this can be set via the Paragraph dialog box. I have Word 2003 and cannot tell you exactly how to find the dialog boxes mentioned above in Word 2007. -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Laurence" wrote: I am in Word 2007. I have a document with a header. The header has a table in it, at the bottom of the header. Underneath the table in the header is a large blank area. How do I get rid of the blank area? I guess I want to resize the header vertically, make it smaller vertically so that I can eliminate the blank area, but can't seem to find out how to do that. I looked at the header properties etc... there doesn't seem to be anything in the blank area. Thanks in Advance, Laurence |
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To add to Lene's reply. If it is the 'trailing' paragraph mark that all
tables need, you can also select it and apply the hidden attribute. It will still be visible when you have the non-printing characters displayed, but as soon as you toggle of non-printing characters, the hidden paragraph will disappear. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Lene Fredborg" wrote in message ... There must always be at least one paragraph below a table (you cannot delete the last paragraph mark). This is also true for tables in a header. There are a couple of things to check: Check whether the top margin is larger than needed (set via Page Setup). Check whether you have a number of empty paragraphs below the table €“ press Ctrl+Shift+8 to turn on non-printing characters so that you can see the paragraph marks (¶). Delete any superfluous paragraphs. If you have only one paragraph mark below the table, you can set the line spacing to "Exactly" with a small value (around 0,7 pt is the smallest accepted amount). Also make sure that space before and after are set to 0. All this can be set via the Paragraph dialog box. I have Word 2003 and cannot tell you exactly how to find the dialog boxes mentioned above in Word 2007. -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Laurence" wrote: I am in Word 2007. I have a document with a header. The header has a table in it, at the bottom of the header. Underneath the table in the header is a large blank area. How do I get rid of the blank area? I guess I want to resize the header vertically, make it smaller vertically so that I can eliminate the blank area, but can't seem to find out how to do that. I looked at the header properties etc... there doesn't seem to be anything in the blank area. Thanks in Advance, Laurence |
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I also first included info about setting the paragraph to hidden, but I
decided to leave it out because it will cause the pages to break in different places when you turn on and off non-printing characters. I thought this may lead to confusion but I may be wrong. Also, I was confused by my own settings. I forgot that I had "Hidden text" turned on in Options View tab. This means that hidden text will still be visible/occupy space even if you turn off the "Show/Hide" button. -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Terry Farrell" wrote: To add to Lene's reply. If it is the 'trailing' paragraph mark that all tables need, you can also select it and apply the hidden attribute. It will still be visible when you have the non-printing characters displayed, but as soon as you toggle of non-printing characters, the hidden paragraph will disappear. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Lene Fredborg" wrote in message ... There must always be at least one paragraph below a table (you cannot delete the last paragraph mark). This is also true for tables in a header. There are a couple of things to check: Check whether the top margin is larger than needed (set via Page Setup). Check whether you have a number of empty paragraphs below the table €“ press Ctrl+Shift+8 to turn on non-printing characters so that you can see the paragraph marks (¶). Delete any superfluous paragraphs. If you have only one paragraph mark below the table, you can set the line spacing to "Exactly" with a small value (around 0,7 pt is the smallest accepted amount). Also make sure that space before and after are set to 0. All this can be set via the Paragraph dialog box. I have Word 2003 and cannot tell you exactly how to find the dialog boxes mentioned above in Word 2007. -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Laurence" wrote: I am in Word 2007. I have a document with a header. The header has a table in it, at the bottom of the header. Underneath the table in the header is a large blank area. How do I get rid of the blank area? I guess I want to resize the header vertically, make it smaller vertically so that I can eliminate the blank area, but can't seem to find out how to do that. I looked at the header properties etc... there doesn't seem to be anything in the blank area. Thanks in Advance, Laurence |
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That's true and can be very distracting with long documents. I usually
minimise the effect by setting it to 1 pt and then hiding it. That is usually a good compromise for me. Terry "Lene Fredborg" wrote in message ... I also first included info about setting the paragraph to hidden, but I decided to leave it out because it will cause the pages to break in different places when you turn on and off non-printing characters. I thought this may lead to confusion but I may be wrong. Also, I was confused by my own settings. I forgot that I had "Hidden text" turned on in Options View tab. This means that hidden text will still be visible/occupy space even if you turn off the "Show/Hide" button. -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Terry Farrell" wrote: To add to Lene's reply. If it is the 'trailing' paragraph mark that all tables need, you can also select it and apply the hidden attribute. It will still be visible when you have the non-printing characters displayed, but as soon as you toggle of non-printing characters, the hidden paragraph will disappear. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Lene Fredborg" wrote in message ... There must always be at least one paragraph below a table (you cannot delete the last paragraph mark). This is also true for tables in a header. There are a couple of things to check: Check whether the top margin is larger than needed (set via Page Setup). Check whether you have a number of empty paragraphs below the table €“ press Ctrl+Shift+8 to turn on non-printing characters so that you can see the paragraph marks (¶). Delete any superfluous paragraphs. If you have only one paragraph mark below the table, you can set the line spacing to "Exactly" with a small value (around 0,7 pt is the smallest accepted amount). Also make sure that space before and after are set to 0. All this can be set via the Paragraph dialog box. I have Word 2003 and cannot tell you exactly how to find the dialog boxes mentioned above in Word 2007. -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Laurence" wrote: I am in Word 2007. I have a document with a header. The header has a table in it, at the bottom of the header. Underneath the table in the header is a large blank area. How do I get rid of the blank area? I guess I want to resize the header vertically, make it smaller vertically so that I can eliminate the blank area, but can't seem to find out how to do that. I looked at the header properties etc... there doesn't seem to be anything in the blank area. Thanks in Advance, Laurence |
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