Remove Blank Line Above Tables

[Ray J]

I created a bunch of tables in a Word 2007 file, text below the tables
are nice and snug with no gaps or extra lines. But when I try to
create a header or type above the table, a blank line is automatically
inserted between the top of the table and the text. How do I get rid
of this? I hit the Show Paragraphs, and nothing shows on the blank
line.

I just created a blank document, and the problem is not there? Will
the problem reappear at random?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are creating a header, this should not impact the document body at
all. If you are inserting a heading, then don't you need to have a paragraph
to insert it in? If the issue is a table at the top of a page following a
page break, you can get around the blank paragraph Word inserts by applying
"Page break before" formatting to the first row of the table instead of
inserting a manual page break.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Ray,

In adition to Suzanne's comments: You've checked the paragraph's "Space
after" setting?

Greetings,
Klaus

 

[Ray J]

I have set the paragraph space settings to 'dont add space'. My tables
are in the middle of the page and they turn out like this:

Table 1:

TABLE

Instead I want this:

Table 1:
TABLE

and it doesnt matter if I try to snug it up to existing text above it
or right click on the table to create a caption. I still get the blank
lines... but only when I have bullet points in the table.

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Ray,

Could you mail me a sample doc to (e-mail address removed) ?
Still can't figure out what might be happening...

Klaus