|
|
|
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:48:03 -0700,
group: microsoft.public.word.tables
back
Re: empty paragraphs above below tables
Thanks Suzanne..this is good information. We do use a LOT of borderless
tables to simulate wrapped text with images and I do not want ot change the
table heading style, so, an occasional empty parapgrah it shall be!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> You *cannot* delete the empty paragraph below a table at the end of the
> document. All others are optional. Reasons for empty paragraphs above or
> below tables include:
>
> 1. Separating tables from each other. If you don't have an empty paragraph
> between two tables, they will be joined into one table.
>
> 2. Separating tables from preceding/following text. If your table doesn't
> have a border, you can add Space Above to the first row or Space Below to
> the last row to create more space between the table text and adjacent body
> text. But if the table has a border, the Space Above/Below is applied inside
> the border rather than outside (just the opposite of what happens with a
> paragraph border), so the alternatives include adding Space Below to a
> paragraph above the table/Space Above to a following paragraph or inserting
> an empty paragraph above/below the table.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "cayce" wrote in message
> news:52FE2851-4BCC-4BFC-AB32-EA8B2CF1531C@microsoft.com...
> > In Word 2007, are empty paragraphs above/below a table a good thing to
> > include? If so, why? I have this nagging feeling that always striking
> > empty
> > paragraphs above/below table might get you into trouble..but I cannot cite
> > a
> > specific example at the moment. Is it maybe only at the very end of a
> > document that you need to let one below a table remain?
> >
> > Thanks for recommendations on this.
> >
> >
>
>
>
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:26:10 -0700
author: cayce
Re: empty paragraphs above below tables
FWIW, I have a Body Text Space Before style that I use after tables and at
other points in a document where space as needed (in novels to indicate
lapse of time, for example).
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"cayce" wrote in message
news:A6D976CE-1636-40DF-9258-7A8B06379641@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Suzanne..this is good information. We do use a LOT of borderless
> tables to simulate wrapped text with images and I do not want ot change
> the
> table heading style, so, an occasional empty parapgrah it shall be!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> You *cannot* delete the empty paragraph below a table at the end of the
>> document. All others are optional. Reasons for empty paragraphs above or
>> below tables include:
>>
>> 1. Separating tables from each other. If you don't have an empty
>> paragraph
>> between two tables, they will be joined into one table.
>>
>> 2. Separating tables from preceding/following text. If your table doesn't
>> have a border, you can add Space Above to the first row or Space Below to
>> the last row to create more space between the table text and adjacent
>> body
>> text. But if the table has a border, the Space Above/Below is applied
>> inside
>> the border rather than outside (just the opposite of what happens with a
>> paragraph border), so the alternatives include adding Space Below to a
>> paragraph above the table/Space Above to a following paragraph or
>> inserting
>> an empty paragraph above/below the table.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "cayce" wrote in message
>> news:52FE2851-4BCC-4BFC-AB32-EA8B2CF1531C@microsoft.com...
>> > In Word 2007, are empty paragraphs above/below a table a good thing to
>> > include? If so, why? I have this nagging feeling that always striking
>> > empty
>> > paragraphs above/below table might get you into trouble..but I cannot
>> > cite
>> > a
>> > specific example at the moment. Is it maybe only at the very end of a
>> > document that you need to let one below a table remain?
>> >
>> > Thanks for recommendations on this.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:19:41 -0500
author: Suzanne S. Barnhill
|
|
