Microsoft KB Archive/211718

= WD2000: Drag-and-Drop Edit Won't Swap Positions of 2 Table Rows =

Article ID: 211718

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211718





SYMPTOMS
When you drag a table row to the row beneath it, the contents of the rows remain unchanged. For example, if you select row 1 and drag it to row 2, the table stays the same.

NOTE: If you select all the cells in a row but do not select the final cell mark (visible if you click the Show/Hide button on the Standard toolbar), dragging these cells to another row deletes the text of the second row.

   Before dragging row 1 to row 2       After dragging row 1 to row 2 (no difference)

---                             ---    | row 1 |  --                        | row 1 | ---    |                        ---    | row 2 | <--                        | row 2 | ---                             ---    | row 3 |                            | row 3 | ---                             ---

However, if you select row 1 and drag it to row 3, the table looks like this:   Before dragging row 1 to row 3       After dragging row 1 to row 3 (first two rows swap places)

---                             ---    | row 1 |  --                        | row 2 | -- ---    |                        ---     |    | row 2 |    |                       | row 1 | -- ---    |                        ---    | row 3 |  --                        | row 3 | ---                             ---



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Use a shortcut key
Place the insertion point in the first row, and press ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. It is not necessary to select the row before doing this.

Method 2: Move the lower row up
Select the lower row and drag it up to the first row. Example   Before dragging row 2 to row 1       After dragging row 2 to row 1 (rows 2 and 1 trade places)

---                             ---    | row 1 | --                         | row 2 | -- ---    |                        ---     |    | row 2 | --                         | row 1 | -- ---                             ---    | row 3 |                            | row 3 | ---                             ---



MORE INFORMATION
To select the entire row of a table, move the mouse pointer to the left of the table and click once. Or click a cell in the table and then, on the Table menu, point to Select and click Row.

This problem also occurs within unmarked, bulleted, or numbered lists.

Additional query words: swap trade remain transpose howto

Keywords: kbtable kbprb KB211718

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