Word 2016 - Last character of table cell wraps to next line
Well, this one's annoying and mysterious. :)
For some cells in a table, the last character onlywraps to the next line. In the example below, the "T" in format wraps to the second line; however, when I remove the "T" the "A" wraps.
FWIW, my table is configured AUTOFIT TO CONTENTS.
How can I turn off this odd behavior?
Thanks,
Steve
For some cells in a table, the last character onlywraps to the next line. In the example below, the "T" in format wraps to the second line; however, when I remove the "T" the "A" wraps.
FWIW, my table is configured AUTOFIT TO CONTENTS.
How can I turn off this odd behavior?
Thanks,
Steve
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OK, the above instructions don't seem to work.
I wanted to upload the doc, but has proprietary info. When I removed all data but the column headers, the problem vanished. I guess the data in the table may be stressing the table cell dimensions..
Also, it appears that sometimes, I can remove that last character and the problem goes away...
For now, as I have a deadline to meet this afteroon, I'm tempted to just randomly play with the text until I can get it to fit. If it means (for now) shrinking the font or whatever, I can live with that or now, but will eventually need a clean solution.
Thanks,
Steve
I wanted to upload the doc, but has proprietary info. When I removed all data but the column headers, the problem vanished. I guess the data in the table may be stressing the table cell dimensions..
Also, it appears that sometimes, I can remove that last character and the problem goes away...
For now, as I have a deadline to meet this afteroon, I'm tempted to just randomly play with the text until I can get it to fit. If it means (for now) shrinking the font or whatever, I can live with that or now, but will eventually need a clean solution.
Thanks,
Steve
Sounds like "auto-fit" is perhaps confused by (just a guess) different fonts/sizes in different cells below header in the table?
You may need to either use the same font configuration for an entire column, or manually adjust the column size!
Without an actual "doc" file (that exhibits this behavior) it's all gonna be guesswork at this end (sorry)...
You may need to either use the same font configuration for an entire column, or manually adjust the column size!
Without an actual "doc" file (that exhibits this behavior) it's all gonna be guesswork at this end (sorry)...
ASKER
Well, this is interesting.
In this cell [scrubbed]:
the contents are significantly wider than anything else in that column.
When I split the cell after the "/" not only does it fix that cell's annoying wrapping, but seemingly all other cells...which are in different columns! :)
Does this behavior make ANY sense?
Thanks,
Steve
In this cell [scrubbed]:
the contents are significantly wider than anything else in that column.
When I split the cell after the "/" not only does it fix that cell's annoying wrapping, but seemingly all other cells...which are in different columns! :)
Does this behavior make ANY sense?
Thanks,
Steve
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Yeah, seems like inserting a space on EITHER side of the "/" splits the single token, and line-breaks it right there. It seems better to insert AFTER the slash b/c the slash remains on the first line.
Not sure though why this "fix" would affect OTHER columns (or conversely why a problem in column 3 impacted multiple other columns...
Thanks again. Now I can concentrate on my content again instead of semantics. :)
Steve
Not sure though why this "fix" would affect OTHER columns (or conversely why a problem in column 3 impacted multiple other columns...
Thanks again. Now I can concentrate on my content again instead of semantics. :)
Steve
Glad to be of help!
ASKER
Thanks.
Not sure how to award points here, since the solution is somewhat ill-defined....any suggestions? :)
Not sure how to award points here, since the solution is somewhat ill-defined....any suggestions? :)
oh, gee... i dunno...
If it helped, gimme an "A"... If not satisfied, a "B" and a "money back guarantee"
LOL!
If it helped, gimme an "A"... If not satisfied, a "B" and a "money back guarantee"
LOL!
ASKER
Nice1 I just looked at the link you provided earlier, about the NO WIDTH OPTIONAL BREAK feature. On quick glance, it seems to help in my table, and I'll keep in mind for URLs.
FWIW, the link seems to relate to Word 2003 so the directions for later versions will likely be different...
Thanks!
Steve
FWIW, the link seems to relate to Word 2003 so the directions for later versions will likely be different...
Thanks!
Steve
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Try uploading the actual Word file (rather than a picture of it), so we can try to reproduce the issue, and recommend a solution!
Ahead of that... You can try:
Select the entire table. On the Table menu, click Table Properties.
Click the Cell tab. Click the Options button. Make sure "Wrap text" is
NOT checked, and click OK.