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SUMMARYWhen you insert a table in a Microsoft Word for Windows document, each cell in the table assumes the paragraph formatting of the paragraph where the insertion point is located when you insert the table. This behavior may produce unexpected results in the display of text in the table. To check the formatting specified for the paragraph containing the insertion point, choose Paragraph from the Format menu. MORE INFORMATION
A common example of this problem occurs when the paragraph containing
the insertion point is formatted with a non-zero left or right indent.
If you insert a table at this point, each cell contains indents, and
the contents of the cells may align unexpectedly. When you apply an
indent to table cells, the indent is measured from the boundary of
each cell, not from the document margin.
Word for Windows Version 2.0If you use the Format Paragraph command to set left and/or right paragraph indents for an existing table cell and the indents you specify narrow the cell or paragraph to less than approximately .7-inch, you receive the following error message:If you attempt to set a first-line indent beyond the end of the cell or paragraph (as determined by the right indent), you receive the same error message. You do not receive any error messages if you use the ruler to set the same paragraph indents. Word for Windows Versions 1.xIn Word for Windows version 1.x, you can specify any left, right, or first-line paragraph indent value(s) within an existing table cell, regardless of its relationship to the cell width and regardless of whether you set the indents using the ruler or the Format Paragraph command. No error messages appear in reference to conflicts in table cell indentations. In Word version 1.x, the error message "Indentation too large" appears only in reference to settings that conflict with page margin and width settings.WORKAROUND
You can quickly reset all paragraph indents affecting a table by using
the following steps:
paragraph and line and spacing and table and row and winwordReference(s): "Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 49, 162-170, 322-324 "Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," version 1.x, page 367 Additional query words: winword2 word6 1.x 2.x 6.0 errmsg
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