Deleting a paragraph between tables/merging two tables

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong spot, my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in between my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table into ONE
table.

Help!

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them and doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong spot, my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in between my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table into ONE
table.

Help!

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them and doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong spot, my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in between my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table into ONE
table.

Help!

Try this: go to view, normal. Then select the area that is splitting your
tables, go to "table" menu, and choose "convert text to table".
Ciao
Marco


"i*sam" wrote:

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them and doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong spot, my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in between my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table into ONE
table.

Help!

Well, that helped but did nto fix the problem...I converted the line space to
a table, then deleted that, which makes it look as if my table is whole, but
it is still being recognised as two tables.

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Try this: go to view, normal. Then select the area that is splitting your
tables, go to "table" menu, and choose "convert text to table".
Ciao
Marco


"i*sam" wrote:

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them and doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong spot, my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in between my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table into ONE
table.

Help!

Right-click each table, choose Table Properties, and make sure that Text
wrapping is set to None (instead of Around) for both tables.

Does this now let them remarry?

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
Well, that helped but did nto fix the problem...I converted the line space
to
a table, then deleted that, which makes it look as if my table is whole,
but
it is still being recognised as two tables.

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Try this: go to view, normal. Then select the area that is splitting your
tables, go to "table" menu, and choose "convert text to table".
Ciao
Marco


"i*sam" wrote:

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't
delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and
delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them and
doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong spot,
my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in between
my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table
into ONE
table.

Help!

No. They were already set to none when I checked it. It is now just two
tables butted up against each other and I can't get them back together (I
never intentionally took them apart--was due to page breaks :-( )

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Right-click each table, choose Table Properties, and make sure that Text
wrapping is set to None (instead of Around) for both tables.

Does this now let them remarry?

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
Well, that helped but did nto fix the problem...I converted the line space
to
a table, then deleted that, which makes it look as if my table is whole,
but
it is still being recognised as two tables.

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Try this: go to view, normal. Then select the area that is splitting your
tables, go to "table" menu, and choose "convert text to table".
Ciao
Marco


"i*sam" wrote:

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't
delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and
delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them and
doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong spot,
my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in between
my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table
into ONE
table.

Help!

If they have the same lateral dimensions & number of columns, they should go
back together quite easily.

Barring that... you can add rows to the end of the 1st table, then paste the
contents of the 2nd into those rows, and delete the 2nd table.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
No. They were already set to none when I checked it. It is now just two
tables butted up against each other and I can't get them back together (I
never intentionally took them apart--was due to page breaks :-( )

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Right-click each table, choose Table Properties, and make sure that Text
wrapping is set to None (instead of Around) for both tables.

Does this now let them remarry?

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
Well, that helped but did nto fix the problem...I converted the line
space
to
a table, then deleted that, which makes it look as if my table is
whole,
but
it is still being recognised as two tables.

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Try this: go to view, normal. Then select the area that is splitting
your
tables, go to "table" menu, and choose "convert text to table".
Ciao
Marco


"i*sam" wrote:

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't
delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and
delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them and
doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong
spot,
my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in
between
my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the table
into ONE
table.

Help!

That desperation trick may be required. This has happened to me only once,
and I was under deadline, so I didn't have time to figure out what the heck
was going wrong, but I know that everything was as it should be: neither of
the tables was wrapped; no rows in the second table were marked as headings;
they had originally been part of the same table and still had identical
structures. But the stubborn fact was that, even though they looked like a
single table when I removed the intervening paragraph (I'm not sure how it
got inserted in the first place, actually), they did not behave as one, and
there didn't seem to be anything I could do to change that. I wish now I'd
kept a copy of the doc to examine later at greater leisure to see if I could
figure out what the problem was.

--
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.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
If they have the same lateral dimensions & number of columns, they should
go
back together quite easily.

Barring that... you can add rows to the end of the 1st table, then paste
the
contents of the 2nd into those rows, and delete the 2nd table.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
No. They were already set to none when I checked it. It is now just
two
tables butted up against each other and I can't get them back together
(I
never intentionally took them apart--was due to page breaks :-( )

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Right-click each table, choose Table Properties, and make sure that
Text
wrapping is set to None (instead of Around) for both tables.

Does this now let them remarry?

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
Well, that helped but did nto fix the problem...I converted the line
space
to
a table, then deleted that, which makes it look as if my table is
whole,
but
it is still being recognised as two tables.

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Try this: go to view, normal. Then select the area that is splitting
your
tables, go to "table" menu, and choose "convert text to table".
Ciao
Marco


"i*sam" wrote:

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't
delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and
delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them
and
doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong
spot,
my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in
between
my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the
table
into ONE
table.

Help!

If the table looks like one table but acts as two, I've found that sometimes
the table styles are different (go to Table/Table AutoFormat). E.g., once I
had the same situation but the top table was based on the "normal" table
style and the bottome one was based on the "table grid" style. Once I changed
the top one to "table grid," the tables became one. I had to fix manual
borders, etc., but it was still faster than adding rows and copying and
pasting.

just another idea to try.
Jen

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That desperation trick may be required. This has happened to me only once,
and I was under deadline, so I didn't have time to figure out what the heck
was going wrong, but I know that everything was as it should be: neither of
the tables was wrapped; no rows in the second table were marked as headings;
they had originally been part of the same table and still had identical
structures. But the stubborn fact was that, even though they looked like a
single table when I removed the intervening paragraph (I'm not sure how it
got inserted in the first place, actually), they did not behave as one, and
there didn't seem to be anything I could do to change that. I wish now I'd
kept a copy of the doc to examine later at greater leisure to see if I could
figure out what the problem was.

--
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.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
If they have the same lateral dimensions & number of columns, they should
go
back together quite easily.

Barring that... you can add rows to the end of the 1st table, then paste
the
contents of the 2nd into those rows, and delete the 2nd table.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
No. They were already set to none when I checked it. It is now just
two
tables butted up against each other and I can't get them back together
(I
never intentionally took them apart--was due to page breaks :-( )

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Right-click each table, choose Table Properties, and make sure that
Text
wrapping is set to None (instead of Around) for both tables.

Does this now let them remarry?

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"i*sam" wrote in message
...
Well, that helped but did nto fix the problem...I converted the line
space
to
a table, then deleted that, which makes it look as if my table is
whole,
but
it is still being recognised as two tables.

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Try this: go to view, normal. Then select the area that is splitting
your
tables, go to "table" menu, and choose "convert text to table".
Ciao
Marco


"i*sam" wrote:

I was able to delete the page breaks--it's the paragraph I can't
delete. I
changed my view to show all P's, and even if I highlight the P and
delete or
cut it, I can't get rid of it to make my table whole again...

"Marco Giorcelli" wrote:

Sam,
go to options, view. In the "formatting marks" select "all".
Now you should see the page breaks marks, you can cancel them
and
doing so
your table should become one as before.
Ciao
Marco

"i*sam" wrote:

For some reason, perhaps when i put a page break on the wrong
spot,
my very
long table got split up. Now there are lines/paragraphs in
between
my table
and I can't delete them nor figure out how to re-merge the
table
into ONE
table.

Help!