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Word in Office 365: Can't print selection if it's in a table
How come if I select a table and print, the Print Selection option is disabled, but if I select a table plus one preceding or following line of text, it's enabled?
If I select any part of a table -- a group of rows or columns, or even a piece of text within a single cell -- Print Selection is disabled. I can't print the any part of the table unless I also print something outside it too.
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May consider below workarounds:
- Copy to a New Document
- Select the table (or rows/columns you want).
- Copy and paste into a new blank Word document.
- Print normally.
- Convert Table to Text
- Select the table.
- Go to Table Tools > Layout > Convert to Text.
- Once converted, “Print Selection” works.
- Undo after printing if you want to keep the table.
- Export to PDF
- Select the table, copy it into a new document.
- Save as PDF and print the PDF.
- This avoids formatting issues.
- Copy to a New Document
