Microsoft KB Archive/36435

Word: Table Cells Won’t Delete with Cut Command in Word

PSS ID Number: Q36435 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, choosing Cut from the Edit menu (or pressing COMMAND+X) while a table or portion of a table is selected affects only the text within the selected cells, not the cells themselves.

To delete cells from a table, use the following steps:


 * 1) Select the cells. From the Format menu (Edit menu in Word 4.0), choose Table Layout (Table in Word 4.0).
 * 2) Click the appropriate options, then press the Delete button in the dialog box.

There is one exception to this procedure. If you select the last row(s) of a table and at least the first character of the next paragraph (not part of the table), choosing Cut deletes everything selected, including the table row(s).

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubCategory: kbtable Additional reference words: macword macword5 4.00 5.00 5.10 ====================================================================== ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.