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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Word 4.00D odd table problem with Carriage return
Summary: Deleting CR's above a table incorporates one IN the table
Keywords: Word Microsoft table  carriage-return
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.210104.11197@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 24 Apr 91 21:01:04 GMT
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Here's an odd problem I discovered recently in Word 4.00D (actually,
Word 4.00x):

Open a new Document.
Insert six carriage-returns (see below--the number is irrelevant).
After the 3rd carriage-return, add a few lines of tab-delimited text.
Select the lines just entered and Insert Table (tab-delimited).
Now select the three carriage-returns above the table.
Press the Return key (to replace the 3 CRs with just 1).

At this point, the three carriage returns BEFORE the table go away, and
a carriage return is ADDED to the first cell of the table!

It doesn't matter how many CR's you select of those before the table;
as long as you _do_ select the CR that is just before the table.
When you press the Return key, the selected CRs will be deleted, and a
CR will be added to the the first cell in the table.

Odd behavior, it seems to me.  Any ideas?  Microsoft?

    Paul


    p.s. On a related note, has anyone found an easy way to add a
    carriage return before a table which is the FIRST item in a
    document?  Is there a way to do it without cutting the whole table,
    hitting Return a few times, and then pasting the table back in?
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