Microsoft KB Archive/79000

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Selecting Table in Outline View Causes Anchor Point to Change

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Q79000

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word for Windows, if you select a portion of a table using the keyboard while in outline view, the anchor position of the original insertion point is lost.

Steps to Reproduce Problem
 From the View menu, choose Outline.  Type the following lines: '''one

two

three'''  Press ENTER. From the Table menu (Insert menu in version 1.x), choose Insert Table (Table in version 1.x), and choose the OK button to insert a 2-row, 3-column table. Position the insertion point in front of &quot;two.&quot; Press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to select to the bottom of the table, then press SHIFT+UP ARROW to clear the selection to the original insertion point.

As soon as the selection includes a table row, the anchor position is lost because that row becomes the new anchor. In outline view, you cannot clear a selection back to the original insertion point.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows version 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.