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MS Office Forum / Word / Tables / August 2004Converting back to simple tables
I use a lot of tables in Word (2000). Mostly these are simple tables, but some of them get a fair amount of editing, including some moving and merging of columns. From time to time, some of the tables seem to get messed up or confused. For example, when I click on the top of a column, the highlighted section will include some portions of adjacant columns. I am guessing that this is a table that had cells merged or split. Is there some way that I can select the entire table and tell Word to make it a simple table again? Thanks  SignatureRunning Word 2K in Office 2K on Win2K-SR2 For email, use Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com Try converting the table to text and back again. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I use a lot of tables in Word (2000). Mostly these are simple tables, > but some of them get a fair amount of editing, including some moving [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks >Try converting the table to text and back again. The problem with that is that the last column has a lot of formatting in each cell including multiple lines and some bullets. Iif I convert it to text, how will I get it back into a table with the right stuff in the right cells? I was hoping for some "uncomplicate" function that would leave it "looking" like it does and get rid of any underlying (and invisible) complexity. Thanks SignatureRunning Word 2K in Office 2K on Win2K-SR2 For email, use Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com Hi, I could swear that "Distribute columns evenly" worked nicely in previous versions to fix messed-up cell widths (... same for rows). It doesn't in Word2003 :-( Perhaps you can set all cells to the same width using a macro: Dim myCell As Cell For Each myCell In Selection.Tables(1).Range.Cells myCell.Width = CentimetersToPoints(2) Next myCell The cell width you use in the macro doesn't matter much since you can then use "Table > Autofit" to make the table fit the page width again (or "AutoFit to Contents"). You can include that in the macro: Selection.Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitContent) Selection.Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitWindow) Regards, Klaus > >Try converting the table to text and back again. > The problem with that is that the last column has a lot of formatting > in each cell including multiple lines and some bullets. Iif I convert [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thanks >Hi, > >I could swear that "Distribute columns evenly" worked nicely in previous >versions to fix messed-up cell widths (... same for rows). Will this work? I wish I had thought of that. I already redid the table manually, so I can't test this. Maybe I'll try retrieving an old copy from a backup tape. >It doesn't in Word2003 :-( > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Selection.Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitContent) > Selection.Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitWindow) If setting the cell width will fix it, can I just select the entire table and set the cell width from properties? >Regards, >Klaus [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> Thanks SignatureRunning Word 2K in Office 2K on Win2K-SR2 For email, use Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com > If setting the cell width will fix it, can I just select the entire > table and set the cell width from properties? I wish that would work, too. But Word has its own mind, and keeps ignoring your settings. After all, it's only a "Preferred width" you can enter :-( Maybe you get lucky and manage to do it from the user interface. But after getting constantly frustrated, I find it easier to use a macro. Regards, Klaus You can take a much firmer hand with tables (column widths) using the old Cell Height and Width dialog. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropProbs.htm SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > If setting the cell width will fix it, can I just select the entire > > table and set the cell width from properties? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Regards, > Klaus |
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