Deleting Columns from Table with Merged Cells

[hdesk]

What is the best way to delete Columns from a Table with Merged cells without altering the Table layout in Word 2003?

Hdesk

 

[xlhelp]

Highlight the cells in the column and delete cells

or

split the table below the merged cells, delete the column and re-join the table.

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[AnotherHiggins]

A tip for the future:

Never, ever use merged cells. Most Excel-experts despise them - and with good reason.

Instead, highlight the cells that would be merged, go to Format > Cells > Alignment and in the Horizontal box, choose Center across selection. It gives the same appearance without the annoying side effects of actual merged cells.

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[Lilliabeth]

anotherhiggins, thanks for the tip, but the poster is using Word, not Excel.

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[AnotherHiggins]

D'oh!


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[TonyJollans]

Mind you, they cause problems in Word too

hdesk,

The answer depends to some extent on how your cells are merged. The reason Word can't work with non-uniform columns is that Word cannot be sure what constitutes a column - or which column horizontally merged cells belong to - neither can we, I'm afraid; only you know what you want. Maybe xlhelp's solution of splitting the table will work - if not, if you can give a detailed description of what you have maybe someone can devise a method for you.

Enjoy,
Tony

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[Madawc]

Word lets you convert tables to text and back again. Sometimes a way round, especially if you turn the column dividors into tabs and then add more tabs.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Windows XP & Crystal 10