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Reduce Space between rows in a table in Word

Anonymous
2021-11-02T16:08:54+00:00

I create a monthly newsletter in word in a large table. I need to reduce the space BETWEEN the rows as there is too much space. I cannot find anything to help answer my question.

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  1. John Korchok 231.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-11-02T16:38:58+00:00

    To change the space before and after text in tables:

    1. Choose Layout>Select>Table.
    2. Select Home>Paragraph and set the Before and After amounts to 0.
    3. While the table is selected, its also worth checking Layout (beside Table Design)>Properties>Options and check that Top and Bottom cell margins are set to 0.

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  2. Stefan Blom 338.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-11-02T16:21:35+00:00

    Spacing above and below the text in a table cell will depend on the top and bottom cell margins, but also on the line spacing and spacing before/after that have been defined for the text in cells.

    You can post a screen shot, if you wish.

    Or maybe you can share a sample document?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-02T16:44:16+00:00

    so the space between the photos and the previous texts are different rows. I want to bring them closer together. Eliminate the space between. If I don't separate the photos in split cells, when I email the newsletter the photos move and sometimes they don't show up.

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  4. Stefan Blom 338.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-11-02T18:33:45+00:00

    Graphical objects positioned "In line with text" will be treated as (large) text character and therefore paragraph settings such as line spacing and spacing before/after will apply.

    If you want someone to take a close look, share a sample document with relevant content. Omit anything sensitive, of course.

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  5. John Korchok 231.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-11-02T17:07:48+00:00

    Have you tried hovering your mouse over a row bottom border and dragging it up to reduce the row height?

    Please choose Layout (beside Table Design)>View Gridlines and post another screen shot. Without gridlines or text borders showing, there's no way we can see what the problem might be. Or post the file to a cloud service and post a share link here, so we can take a look.

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