Pasted to Word 365: Online table does not work

J7100 0 Reputation points
2026-06-13T16:24:43.9433333+00:00

Pasted simple text table from Google and the text data in the cells does not fit or wrap so is not fully visible in Microsoft Word 365.

Adjusting the cell row, height, and text sizes and alignments do not fully fix.

Google help suggestions do not easily work.

Pasted table is expected to work automatically .

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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  1. Stefan Blom 345K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2026-06-13T19:13:29.8266667+00:00

    An example would help, as John has already suggested. You can start with a screen shot and possibly also share a sample of the resulting Word document (remove any sensitive information).

    Generally, any table that you paste in from an external source may have fixed dimensions so that it does not fit in between the margins in a Word document. Fixing it may require that you change the width of the table as a whole and also the width of individual table columns. Which specific options have you tried so far? A good starting point is Table Layout tab > AutoFit > AutoFit Window. This will adjust the table width to 100%.

    Sometimes, the quickest fix is to convert the table to text and then convert it back to a table.

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