Center Formating is Offset

When I go to "Table Properties" and change the alignment to "center" the
table shifts too far to the right. Why won't it center evenly on the page?

Hi Sloth,

When cantered, tables are cantered between the print margins. If your left &
right margins are uneven, or you've got a margin gutter, your print margins
will likely be uneven, so the table won't be cantered on the page - and
neither will anything else.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Sloth" wrote in message
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When I go to "Table Properties" and change the alignment to "center" the
table shifts too far to the right. Why won't it center evenly on the
page?

I've set the margins in page setup to be 0.75 for left and right. When I
center the table, the margins of the table become 7/8 and 5/8. All my text
before and after the table is centered correctly, and has the correct margins.

"macropod" wrote:

Hi Sloth,

When cantered, tables are cantered between the print margins. If your left &
right margins are uneven, or you've got a margin gutter, your print margins
will likely be uneven, so the table won't be cantered on the page - and
neither will anything else.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Sloth" wrote in message
...
When I go to "Table Properties" and change the alignment to "center" the
table shifts too far to the right. Why won't it center evenly on the
page?

On the Table tab of Table Properties, is there an indent?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sloth" wrote in message
...
I've set the margins in page setup to be 0.75 for left and right. When I
center the table, the margins of the table become 7/8 and 5/8. All my
text
before and after the table is centered correctly, and has the correct
margins.

"macropod" wrote:

Hi Sloth,

When cantered, tables are cantered between the print margins. If your
left &
right margins are uneven, or you've got a margin gutter, your print
margins
will likely be uneven, so the table won't be cantered on the page - and
neither will anything else.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Sloth" wrote in message
...
When I go to "Table Properties" and change the alignment to "center"
the
table shifts too far to the right. Why won't it center evenly on the
page?

no. when I click "center" the indent section is greyed out.

I found a work around be setting the table properties to "Left", and
manually set the column widths (1,3.25, and 2.75) to fill the page up to the
margins. This effectively centers the table, but I would have prefered to
not do that.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

On the Table tab of Table Properties, is there an indent?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sloth" wrote in message
...
I've set the margins in page setup to be 0.75 for left and right. When I
center the table, the margins of the table become 7/8 and 5/8. All my
text
before and after the table is centered correctly, and has the correct
margins.

"macropod" wrote:

Hi Sloth,

When cantered, tables are cantered between the print margins. If your
left &
right margins are uneven, or you've got a margin gutter, your print
margins
will likely be uneven, so the table won't be cantered on the page - and
neither will anything else.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Sloth" wrote in message
...
When I go to "Table Properties" and change the alignment to "center"
the
table shifts too far to the right. Why won't it center evenly on the
page?

If you just want the table to fill the margin width, set the width to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sloth" wrote in message
...
no. when I click "center" the indent section is greyed out.

I found a work around be setting the table properties to "Left", and
manually set the column widths (1,3.25, and 2.75) to fill the page up to
the
margins. This effectively centers the table, but I would have prefered to
not do that.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

On the Table tab of Table Properties, is there an indent?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sloth" wrote in message
...
I've set the margins in page setup to be 0.75 for left and right.
When I
center the table, the margins of the table become 7/8 and 5/8. All my
text
before and after the table is centered correctly, and has the correct
margins.

"macropod" wrote:

Hi Sloth,

When cantered, tables are cantered between the print margins. If
your
left &
right margins are uneven, or you've got a margin gutter, your print
margins
will likely be uneven, so the table won't be cantered on the page -
and
neither will anything else.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Sloth" wrote in message
...
When I go to "Table Properties" and change the alignment to
"center"
the
table shifts too far to the right. Why won't it center evenly on
the
page?