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Word - Tables with "double border lines"

Anonymous
2012-09-07T01:58:50+00:00

Sometimes when I copy a table from a web page and paste it into word it will display with "double borders.  A border line around the whole table, then a narrow white space and boxes around each cell with white space between the cells. 

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How can I create this effect?

How can I turn it off. I have tried to change the border to the "traditional" single lines in the Borders and Shading dialog, but nothing I've tried so far works. Sometimes I feel close, but never quite get there.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2012-09-07T05:21:54+00:00

    Okay, I pasted that into Word and examined it, and here's the deal: On the Table tab of Table Properties, click Options, and you'll see that not only is the cell margin 0.1" all the way around, but the "Allow spacing between cells" check box is checked, with a measurement of 0.1". If you clear that check box, you'll have the standard Word table with ordinary borders.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2012-09-07T02:19:46+00:00

    In HTML formatting, you can define both cell margins (cell padding) and space between cells separately, I believe (I'm on a travel computer without FrontPage, so I'm sort of guessing). You might look at the corresponding settings in Table Properties to see what they show.

    If you can't reduce the HTML table to a normal Word table with a single dotted line between cells, then you can always convert to text and then back to table.

    If you post a link to a Word document with such a table (or the website from which you copied it) instead of a JPEG, then I can tell you more.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-09-07T09:06:10+00:00

    Thanks, you come through again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-09-07T03:26:52+00:00

    Thanks Suzanne, convert table to text. I knew that ... (d'oh!), too bad I didn't think of it. <grin>

    Here is a link to the page I got an example from. It's not obvious until you turn on borders.

    http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/learn/share/powerpoint2010/inspect-document-ppt2010.html

    I guess the best (only?) way to recreate it in Word in the the future is just keep an example in a document an copy it.

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