Alignment and text wrapping

By default, the table is aligned to the left edge of the document. The left indent is derived from the paragraph after which the table is located.

To change the way the table is aligned and indented, follow these steps:

1.Place the cursor in any cell of the table or select any element of the table/the entire table.

2.Open the table settings window in one of the following ways:

•In the Command menu, select Format > Table > Table Settings.

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click  Table Settings.

•Right-click to open the context menu and run the Table Settings command.

3.In the Table Settings dialog box, select an alignment method: Align Left, Align Center, or Align Right.

4.If the table is aligned to the left, specify the distance from the left margin of the document to the table in the Left Indent field.

5.Click OK.

The following restrictions apply in this version of the application:

•Tables in the headers and footers cannot be wrapped in text. When such a table is inserted into a header or footer, the text wrapping option is automatically disabled.

•If there is a merged cell in the table and a part of this cell is extended to the next page, the data that cell contains is displayed on both pages.

•If the text in a cell does not fit vertically on a page, the text that does not fit is cropped.

•If one of the users enables or disables text wrapping for a table when collaborating on a document, the changes that the other user makes to the table at that moment are not saved.

To customize the table's text wrapping, follow the steps below:

1.Place the cursor in any cell of the table or select any element of the table/the entire table.

2.Open the table settings window in one of the following ways:

•In the Command menu, select Format > Table > Table Settings.

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click  Table Settings.

•Right-click to open the context menu and run the Table Settings command.

3.In the Table Settings dialog box, check the Wrap text box.

4.Specify the table alignment method and, if necessary, the Left Indent.

5.Specify the distance from the table borders to the surrounding text on the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom.

6.Click OK.

You can quickly move a table for which you have set up text wrapping to another location in the document. To do this, proceed as follows:

1.Hover the cursor over the table.

2.Click in the upper left corner of the table.

3.Hold down the left mouse button and move the table to the desired location in the document.