It WILL become a problem
Word will do nested tables, but really it shouldn't, because it does bog
down terribly.
Te first thing is to make sure no table spans more than about 20 pages. If
you have less than a gig of memory in the machines, you should constrain
them so no table (either the outer table or the inner table) span more than
two pages).
Nested tables require lots and lots of horsepower from the computer: they
are best avoided.
If you set a table "Inline with text" it will not move (no matter what they
do to it). That would be much more robust and stable solution in your
circumstances, I think.
You can use paragraph properties to accurately position an inline table, and
wherever you put it, there it will stay.
You should also investigate that document to ensue that it does not contain
a large number of tracked changes or other hidden text. That will slow it
down a lot.
I would be inclined to create a blank document and copy all except the last
paragraph mark into that, then save under a new file name. That will clean
out your document, which is probably corrupt.
Be careful with your selection: if you copy the last paragraph mark, you
copy the problem.
Hope this helps
On 5/11/07 12:12 PM, in article
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I created a table in Word and in order for it to not shift, I placed
it inside another table. Now, when I type, the words are delayed
considerably. What can I do to stop this? I am having staff use this
and it could become a problem.
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