WD: Items Cannot Be Framed Within a Table in Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Word for Windows versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word, you cannot frame items within a table. Depending upon the conditions, different results occur when you attempt to frame items in a table. The results of four different scenarios are listed below.

MORE INFORMATION

Scenario #1 - Framing a Picture with Only the Picture Selected

1. On the Table menu, click Insert Table, or click the Table button on the toolbar. Format the table with two columns and two rows.

2. Position the insertion point in a table cell. On the Insert menu, click Picture. Select a picture to insert, and click OK.

3. Select the picture by clicking inside the picture. Small square boxes appear around the picture.

4. On the Insert menu, click Frame.

Scenario #2 - Framing a Picture If the Whole Cell Is Selected

1. Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Scenario #1. Select the whole cell by placing the insertion point before the picture and holding down the SHIFT key while you press the RIGHT ARROW key twice, or by clicking and dragging the insertion point until the whole cell is selected.

2. On the Insert menu, click Frame.

Scenario #3 - Selecting the Whole Cell Including Text

1. Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Scenario #1. Enter text within a cell and select it. With the insertion point at the beginning of the text within the cell, press SHIFT+END, or click and drag the mouse until the whole cell is selected.

2. On the Insert menu, click Frame.

Scenario #4 - Selecting Only the Text Within a Cell

1. Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Scenario #1. Enter text within a cell and select the text only (do not include the end-of-cell marker in the selection).

2. On the Insert menu, click Frame.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," pages 314-323, 393-397