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mangru
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Oct 25, 2024

Newest Office365 word update damages tables

In newest Office365 Word table (one column) in table (many columns) with fixed width does not work.  It works as "Adjust by content" even if I enforce fixed width. If document was correct, and you op...
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Kevinzeng
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Nov 20, 2024

I have a similar issue. My original Word documents had the right border of the nested table lining up with the right border of the outer table. However with the new Word update, the right border of the nested table is automatically indented to the left. I have tried the below methods to make the border of the nested table flush with the outer table.

  • 'Table Layout' -> 'Autofit' -> 'Fixed Column Width' -> setting 'Column width'
  • 'Table Properties' -> 'Cell' -> 'Options' -> uncheck 'Cell margins: Same as whole table'
  • 'Table Properties' -> 'Column' -> set preferred width

None of the above methods worked as the right border of the inner table will temporarily line up but then will snap back to its original indentation. I have also tried a quick repair of the application which didn't work.

I should also mention this issue only arose recently when I edited my document on my Macbook over the past week and then reopened the document today on my PC. Now every document I open on PC has this issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have many years of documents formatted like this and all have the same issue with text/table contents being cut off by the border.

Right borders of nested tables don't line up with right border of outer tablesText is cut off

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