How do I keep my table columns from migrating?

When I try to move a table column boundary in Word 2000
(in a basic document as opposed to something for the Web),
my machine will sometimes move additional column
boundaries which I'd just as soon have STAY THE $^#&%* PUT
(excuse my bellowing). Sometimes this will cause
unsightly word-wrapping in a merged cell, not to mention
uneven bracket widths. How do I keep the system from
shifting borders I DON'T want shifted while shifting
borders that I DO? Your prompt response
via " will be DEEPLY appreciated.

See the section titled "Sizing rows and columns" in the article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm.

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Stefan Blom


"Stephen Davis" wrote:
When I try to move a table column boundary in Word 2000
(in a basic document as opposed to something for the Web),
my machine will sometimes move additional column
boundaries which I'd just as soon have STAY THE $^#&%* PUT
(excuse my bellowing). Sometimes this will cause
unsightly word-wrapping in a merged cell, not to mention
uneven bracket widths. How do I keep the system from
shifting borders I DON'T want shifted while shifting
borders that I DO? Your prompt response
via " will be DEEPLY appreciated.