Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!herald.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!guelzow From: guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Andreas J. Guelzow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Word 4.00D odd table problem with Carriage return Keywords: Word Microsoft table carriage-return Message-ID: <1991Apr25.210747.23045@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 25 Apr 91 21:07:47 GMT References: <1991Apr24.210104.11197@mmm.serc.3m.com> Distribution: comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 33 In article <1991Apr24.210104.11197@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: >Here's an odd problem I discovered recently in Word 4.00D (actually, >Word 4.00x): > >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? > It doesn't sound odd to me: When you hit the return key the programme will first delete the CRs, then break: note that the cursor is now in front of the table, i.e. in the first cell add a CR which ends up in the first cell. > 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? > MS Word has a command that is called something like: insert return before current row. You can access it through "Commands" or add it to your menu. >-- >.--------------------------------------------------------------------. >| Paul Jacoby, 3M Company | Parachuting? Why jump out of a | >| ** pejacoby@3m.com ** | perfectly good airplane? | >`--------------------------------------------------------------------' Andreas J. Guelzow