Changing default full-column table width in Word 2007

[Greg]

Whenever I insert a new table, its width extends beyond the edge of the
column -- apparently lining up the text edges in the cells with the
column edge, not the actual table width.

Is there some way to change this default? I can move the table borders
so they line up with the column edges, but I'd rather not do so every
dang time.

Running Word 07 under Vista.

 

[Greg]

Whenever I insert a new table, its width extends beyond the edge of the
column -- apparently lining up the text edges in the cells with the
column edge, not the actual table width.

Is there some way to change this default? I can move the table borders
so they line up with the column edges, but I'd rather not do so every
dang time.

Running Word 07 under Vista.

I guess nobody knows a solution.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Change the Cell margins. Table Tools>Layout>Properties>Options.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not satisfactory for a table with borders, which is what's under discussion.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

It's as close to what is wanted as you can get.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

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[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

What I have done to fix "oversize" tables is change the table width to, say,
98%. If I had to do it often, I would make a macro to change all of the
full-width tables in a document to that percentage. But I only have a couple
customers a year who insist that table be wholly inside the margins.

PamC

It's as close to what is wanted as you can get.

Not satisfactory for a table with borders, which is what's under
discussion.

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[Greg]

Thanks for the try, anyway.

(I thought it would be an option because the usual definition of
"margin" is that everything is inside it. I guess nobody uses tables
with left/right borders.)

Greg

What I have done to fix "oversize" tables is change the table width to, say,
98%. If I had to do it often, I would make a macro to change all of the
full-width tables in a document to that percentage. But I only have a couple
customers a year who insist that table be wholly inside the margins.

PamC

It's as close to what is wanted as you can get.

Not satisfactory for a table with borders, which is what's under
discussion.

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I guess nobody knows a solution.