Working with tables in the new Word

re: Working with tables in the new Word

AlexPopov — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:09:10 GMT

Also, I forgot to mention that this problem only happens when I try to move a row from a lower position to a higher position, e.g. move row 10 above row 5. In the opposite direction everything works as in Word 2010.

re: Working with tables in the new Word

AlexPopov — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:02:33 GMT

Hello,

I have a question regarding the new table features in Word 2013. In previous versions if I wanted to move rows up or down, I could do this very easily. I just had to select the entire row I want to move, than drag it and place the cursor exactly before the first word in the first cell of the row, which had to be immediately BELOW the new position of the row I want to move. In Word 2013 this works as well, but whenever I do this I have the side effect the after I move a row all columns get the same width (distribute columns evenly), so that very time I move a row, I have to change back the original width of every column. Do you have an idea how I can fix this?

re: Working with tables in the new Word

José Ruiz Hidalgo — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:04:58 GMT

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re: Working with tables in the new Word

Chris Jones — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:55:51 GMT

I use tables quite a lot because when I use the "Column" function the text doesn't align perfectly, and just as I want it to.. Columns present a slight problem with me, Tables don't.

re: Working with tables in the new Word

mscaitlina — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:43:18 GMT

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the feedback! The reason the new methods aren’t available for inserting a new first row or first column is because when we tried it, the top left corner of the table became too cluttered. There are a few different ways to work around this problem, but each option came with its own set of issues. In the end, we decided that providing an easy insert option for these scenarios isn’t worth an overall degraded experience working with tables. I hope the lack of controls doesn’t interrupt your workflow too often.

Caitlin

Program Manager

Microsoft Word

re: Working with tables in the new Word

mscaitlina — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:42:56 GMT

Sebgr,

We did do some work to improve the interaction of table styles with multiple header rows. Without knowing more, I can’t promise that this will fix the issue you were seeing but it may. Give it a try and let me know how it goes 

Caitlin

Program Manager

Microsoft Word

P.S. For readers who haven’t used this feature, you can create multiple header rows in your table by selecting the first N rows of your table and turning on “Repeat Header Rows” from the Table Tools Layout tab.

re: Working with tables in the new Word

samsuspect26@yahoo.com — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:11:40 GMT

I hope you have fixed the tables where they keep re-formating into a bunch of one or 2 line pages when I save. I can only get the table back to a readable format by scrolling to the top. And sometimes I have to do that several times. I am using Word 2010. It does it after I have created 3 or more pages of information with my table. It never did this with Word 2003 or earlier. I have tried converting the document to Word 2010 format before I save. Same result. I hope I am not the only one to enjoy this feature.

re: Working with tables in the new Word

Star — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:48:55 GMT

yes, this is really bothering. i think it would be great if microsoft add a functionality of letting users choose rows as the header.

re: Working with tables in the new Word

Star — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:45:11 GMT

i really think you should add the row/column inserting functionality thing into excel, cause it's a tricky thing to insert rows or columns in excel.

And, i really want to know how to input texts above and below the diagonal border in a cell? cause it's really important in some occasion.

re: Working with tables in the new Word

Joe Steinhardt — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:21:17 GMT

Great improvements!

Is there any good reason the new methods for inserting rows/columns don't let you add a row above the top, or to the left of the table? I appreciate you're less likely to add rows or comments there, but I needed to today, and it felt a bit odd to be forced to use the right-click method for that.