Microsoft KB Archive/37857

How to Insert a Paragraph Before a Table at Top of Document PSS ID Number: Q37857 Article last modified on 07-14-1994

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= SYMPTOMS =

In Word for Windows, if you create a table at the beginning of a document and attempt to insert paragraph marks before the table, the paragraph marks are placed in the first cell of the table rather than before the table.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. This problem was corrected in Word version 6.0 for Windows.

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= WORKAROUND =

Use one of the following procedures to insert paragraph marks before a table at the beginning of a document:

  Place the insertion point in the top-left cell of the table and press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. -or-   Position the insertion point in the first row of the table. From the Table menu, choose Split Table. Word inserts a paragraph above the table. 

= REFERENCES =

“Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Guide,” version 1.x, page 318

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