Re: Troubles with Tables - Table Wrangling!

[Mitchell Maltenfort <mmalten -at- gmail -dot- com>]

What I'd do:

First, copy and paste the table into another document, one with
appropriate formatting (page margins, etc.)

Secondly, convert the copy to text using the option in the Table menu.

Then select the text and convert text-to-table, again using an option
in the Table menu.

Assuming this gives you a useful table, copy it and paste it into your
original document, and delete the original (offending) table.


On 1/20/06, Collin T <tutivillus -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm having Table issues in MS Word.
>
> The problem is this:
>
> I'm formatting a Spec Doc and a developer dropped a table that falls
> way out of the margins.  Nothing I do seems to get it to behave
> properly (get back in the margins.)  I've tried forcing it to fit,
> splitting it, resizing, etc.  The * -at- #!! thing just seems to defy the
> rules of logic and common sense.  Granted, when it comes to this
> particular area, I am not a master of Word.  When I ask our Developers
> why they use tables so often I get blank looks and the answer: "What
> else is there?"
>
> So, I turn to you, oh wise and great Masters of All Things Frustrating
> About Word.
>
> Have you any advice about Table Wrangling?
>
> -- Collin Turner
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