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Can't Set Margin, Tab in Merged Table Cell

Article ID: 135283

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 6.0a
Microsoft Word 6.0c
Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q135283

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Word 2.0 document that contains a table with merged cells into Word 6.0 or Word 7.0, you will see the following problems when you place the insertion point in a merged cell:

The margin release indicators on the ruler are missing.
You cannot set tabs by clicking the ruler.
Although the tab indicators do not display on the ruler if you set tabs from the Format menu, you can use them.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Select the table cells, click Split Cells on the Table menu, and then remerge the cells. The margin release indicators and the tab stops will display on the ruler.

Additional query words: 7.0 word95 tabs table merged merge cells word7 winword word6 tab stops position

Keywords: kbformat kbtable KB135283