In my experience, no, floating tables can't be nudged. You can get
fine control of the table's position by clicking in the table, going
to Table > Table Properties > Positioning, and entering measurements.
To align tables, though, it's often easier to resort to fakery. Make
one table to contain all the information, and turn off some borders on
appropriate cells to make it look like two separate tables.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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