Is there any means to control spacing after tables?

[Igor]

Is there any means to control spacing after tables besides formatting next
paragraph?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Is there any means to control spacing after tables besides formatting next
paragraph?

As far as I know, there is no "Spacing After" property for tables.
You can "cheat" by adding a borderless row at the bottom of the table. This
row is part of the table so it will follow it around. Just set the height of
this row to the desired "space after" value you want. Make sure the font is
set to a size that is smaller than the row height you need if you are dealing
with small values...

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Another option is to set table wrapping to Around in the Table Properties
dialog box. Then click the Positioning button, and set the Horizontal
Position: to Left. Under Distance from surrounding text, set the Bottom:
distance as desired. To make sure that no text sneaks in to the right
(assuming this is what you want), set the Right: distance to some
unreasonable amount such that no text would actually fit to the right
(assuming 1" margins for 8.5" paper size, setting Right: to 6.5" should
guarantee this).

After setting up a table shell this way, you can save it as an AutoText (or
Quick Part if Word 2007) for future use. I would do this if going Jean-Guy's
route, as well.