We are trying to create a macro which generates a fax cover sheet and inserts
the user name and address field into a table within the document. While
recording the macro we are not allowed to "put" the cursor inside the cell in
the table where we want the field information placed ...

Is there a way to lock the size of a cell so that it doesn't get bigger when
linefeeds are entered?  I have an app that will enter text into a cell, but
when it adds more than one line the cell gets bigger and pushes the text at
the bottom of the page onto a second page.  I want to ...

Sometimes when one has a table on one page and another table on the next
page, it seems impossible to join the two tables together. This can happen
when one table overflows onto the next page even with the same table
properties.

Basic question. I have a 150 page ish document that needs a table of contents
that can be auto updated as things are added to the document. Using the
simple "Insert, TOC" it puts my chapters in there, but it's also extracting
all sorts of weird info to be placed into the TOC. I ...

I have several tables in a document that has many sections/subsections.  In a
section with several subsections, when I add a table caption that includes
the section number (i.e Table 9-22) the numbering in the caption restarts at
0 (Table 0-1).  If I move the table up to any ...

We have a 20 page document that is composed of series of tables. There are
some blank spots between certain sections of the document and the next table
continues on the next page. We need to remove all these blank spaces and have
all the tables running consecutively?

I am creating a TOC from multiple documents using the RD field code as
described in the following:
"Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents"
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148

Thanks so much Suzanne and Stefan...all your advice worked like a charm so
far.  I'm sure I'll have many more formatting questions until I'm finished
with this dissertation.  
So, here's another one for you.  Somehow, the tab leads aren't showing up in

Dear Friends,
I need your help.  I searched and was unable to find the help I need.  I
also am a "supposed" Word expert -- but can not seem to fix this problem
without alot of manual work (which seems unnecessary - there must be a

I have a VB.NET application that I use to gather statistics and then output
to a word document in the form of tables and graphs.  I want the text in the
header row in one of my tables to be vertical.  I've tried using the
Cells.VerticalAlignment property but it doesn't have any ...

I am creating a template in Word 2003.
When users create a new document using this
template, and insert a table, I want the table width
to be 17cm - a specific width. I have alter the 'Table

I added a new column.  I chose autofit to contents, and no word wrap.  The
first 10 or so characters show up, and then it's blank.  When I select the
column, the selection is only about 1", even though I've widened it to over
3".  (The width of the selection is the amount of text ...

I need to make a TOC, a TOF and a List of Tables.  My TOC is already set up.  
How do I create a TOF and a separate List of Tables by identifying which
captions should be in which Tables and the appropriate heading..TOF?  I'm
having trouble with the captions....

Thanks for that info.  Now, how do I make two separate tables (I already have
a TOC), but now I need a Table of Figures and a List of Tables?  How can I
delineate that the Figure captions go to the Table of Figures and the Table
captions go to the List of Tables?

In the course of trying to help someone on another forum, I have been looking
at Table AutoFormats vs Table Styles and there seem to be some aspects that
don't work properly. I have searched everywhere I know to search and found NO
information at all; perhaps I'm just missing the ...