Cells in a Word 2007 table do not grow in length; text disappears

[MDR]

Hello,

In MS Word 2007, I am working with a document that someone else created.
There is a table in the document, and when I add text to the cells in the
table, the cells do not get longer to display the text when the text reaches
the bottom of the cell. Instead, the text and cursor seem to disappear behind
the next cell down in the column (it goes behind the cell that is immediately
below the cell that I'm typing in).

How do I fix this so that the length of the cell will change as text is
added to it? I want the cells to be a fixed width, but get longer if they
have to to accomodate whatever text is typed in them.

Thanks

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Select the whole table, go to the Table Layout tab > Properties >
Rows, and uncheck the Specify Height Exactly option.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Also, be aware that authors sometimes set exact row heights
deliberately to prevent you from typing "too much" in the table or
messing up the layout of a form. I don't know whether that's the case
here.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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