Deleting a Table

[Editor]

In Word 2003, I want to delete a table. I've tried highlighting the table and
hitting delete, Table > Delete > Table, even Table > Convert > Table to Text.
However, if I move my cursor right one "space" at a time, the table is still
there (I can tell by the marks on the ruler). Since this document will be
converted to Mac and to FrameMaker, this bogus table may show up. Not to
mention the hassle of having to "tiptoe past a puddle."

How do I permanently delete this bogus table? Is the document permanently
ruined?

 

[Doug Robbins]

Table>Delete>Table completely deletes a table for me.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also, in most recent Word versions, selecting the entire table and pressing
Backspace will delete it. From your description of judging from the ruler, I
would guess that you don't have table gridlines displayed. If you did, you
might find an empty table row or more that you missed in selecting the
table. If you are in Print Layout view, you can easily select the entire
table by clicking on the table handle (top left corner).

 

[Stefan Blom]

1. Select the table: With NUMLOCK turned off, hold the ALT key as you
press 5 on the numeric keypad.

2. On the Edit menu, click Cut.

FWIW, I believe this was the only way to do it in Word 97.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I could be wrong, but I think even in Word 97 if you selected the entire
table you could use Delete Rows on the shortcut menu. And of course there
was also Table | Delete Table.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You could be right... <g>

I don't recall using anything but Edit>Cut or CTRL+X in Word 97,
though.

 

[Stefan Blom]

I just checked my old Word 97 and it does *not* have a Table>Delete
Table menu item, but there is Table>Delete Rows which of course you
can use to delete an entire table, assuming that all the rows are
selected.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, that may be what I used, though I probably accessed it from the shortcut
menu (as I do now). I rarely have occasion to delete an entire table except
by using Undo (when I've created it specifically for the purpose of testing
table commands to answer a NG question).