Border cuts off top of text

I placed a double line border around the outer edge of my table, and now the
top of the text in my header row is cut off regardless of how large I make
the cell margins. It's only when the text is aligned at the top of the cell -
if I center it, it's ok, but I don't want that. If I use a single line
border, everything is fine. Does anyone know why it's doing this? I really
like the way the double line looks and would like to be able to use it.
thanks
Jen

Ok, if I choose one of the auto table formats with a double line border, it's
ok. However, now I'm having a problem with a format style for the table. I
need to change the auto one, but when I make a new table style based on the
auto one, and try to update it to match the selection, it won't let me. I can
modify the style, but I want the header row formatted differently from the
rest of the table and I can't do this by modifying the style.

"jen_writer" wrote:

I placed a double line border around the outer edge of my table, and now the
top of the text in my header row is cut off regardless of how large I make
the cell margins. It's only when the text is aligned at the top of the cell -
if I center it, it's ok, but I don't want that. If I use a single line
border, everything is fine. Does anyone know why it's doing this? I really
like the way the double line looks and would like to be able to use it.
thanks
Jen

If you have Exact line spacing selected, try Single. If Single, try adding a
little Space Before.

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"jen_writer" wrote in message
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Ok, if I choose one of the auto table formats with a double line border,
it's
ok. However, now I'm having a problem with a format style for the table. I
need to change the auto one, but when I make a new table style based on
the
auto one, and try to update it to match the selection, it won't let me. I
can
modify the style, but I want the header row formatted differently from the
rest of the table and I can't do this by modifying the style.

"jen_writer" wrote:

I placed a double line border around the outer edge of my table, and now
the
top of the text in my header row is cut off regardless of how large I
make
the cell margins. It's only when the text is aligned at the top of the
cell -
if I center it, it's ok, but I don't want that. If I use a single line
border, everything is fine. Does anyone know why it's doing this? I
really
like the way the double line looks and would like to be able to use it.
thanks
Jen