Tables

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John Fegan

I have been using Office XP at home and when inserting
tables I have always been able to highlight a cell or
group of cells and then drag the borders to increase the
size of the cell area. This option has suddenly
dissappeared so that when my cursor changes when I am on
the border of a cell, it is no longer possible to drag it.

Any help would be appreciated.

John Fegan
 
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Beth Melton

Hi Ron,

Yes these may be helpful options to know about but they do not relate
to John's question. :)

Here's a little more detail on the options you provided:

In Excel:

The Tools/Options/Edit: "Extend list formats and formulas" applies to
an Excel list.

For example if you are typing an Excel list formulas/formats will be
automatically repeated in a new row in the list during data entry.
Note: 3 rows preceding the new rows must be formatted and 4 -5 rows
preceding the new row must contain the formula for this option to kick
in.

Show Paste Options pertains to the Smart Tag Paste action button. For
example when you paste the Smart Tag Paste action button may appear
with "Keep source formatting" and "Match destination formatting".

In Word:
- "Keep track of formatting" option is for formatted text and will
display on the Styles and Formatting Task Pane.

For example if your Normal style is Times New Roman 12 pts and you
change the format of a paragraph to Arial 14 pts and Bold then the
Styles and Formatting Task Pane will reflect: Arial, 12, Bold.

I personally dislike this option and prefer to utilize Styles rather
than create documents with a lot of direct formatting. With this
option turned on you may find Word responds a little slower than if it
is turned off.

- "Drag and drop" text editing allows you to drag selected text to
another location without using Cut/Paste.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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Beth Melton

Hi John,

Can you zip and email me a sample of a document? All I need is the
table portion and I'll take a look. There is no option I can think of
that would disable the ability to size a cell horizontally so I'm
wondering if it is something in the document or in your default table
grid style.

Please email it directly to me and do not post it to the newsgroups.
:)

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 

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