Cell-end mark takes up a line of its own

[Paul]

I created a table with fixed-width columns. In the top row, each cell
contains a Microsoft Word Picture (I think it's synomyous with a
Picture Object). I resize the picture object to take up the entire
width. The height of the row increases to accommodate the Picture
Object. This is good with one exception. When the Picture Object
takes up the entire column width, the end-of-cell mark (like an end-of-
paragraph mark, but round) wraps around to occupy a text line of its
own. I don't want this extra space, but neither do I want the Picture
Object to be shrunk to take up less than the entire column width. Is
there a way to prevent the end-of-cell mark taking up an entire text
line's worth of cell height?

I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might try giving the cell paragraph a tiny negative right indent. Or
perhaps format the EOC marker as Hidden?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Paul
I created a table with fixed-width columns. In the top row, each cell
contains a Microsoft Word Picture (I think it's synomyous with a
Picture Object). I resize the picture object to take up the entire
width. The height of the row increases to accommodate the Picture
Object. This is good with one exception. When the Picture Object
takes up the entire column width, the end-of-cell mark (like an end-of-
paragraph mark, but round) wraps around to occupy a text line of its
own. I don't want this extra space, but neither do I want the Picture
Object to be shrunk to take up less than the entire column width. Is
there a way to prevent the end-of-cell mark taking up an entire text
line's worth of cell height?
I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP.

[another paul]

Good ideas - but how to select the EOC marker in order to format it?

I have this same problem with a large table and would like to use search-and-replace for the EOC marker to replace it with EOC formatted as Hidden; otherwise even with F4 it will take too much effort to click or scroll to every EOC in the entire table.

Thanks -
AnotherPaul

Post by Paul
I created a table with fixed-width columns. In the top row, each cell
contains a Microsoft Word Picture (I think it is synomyous with a
Picture Object). I resize the picture object to take up the entire
width. The height of the row increases to accommodate the Picture
Object. This is good with one exception. When the Picture Object
takes up the entire column width, the end-of-cell mark (like an end-of-
paragraph mark, but round) wraps around to occupy a text line of its
own. I do not want this extra space, but neither do I want the Picture
Object to be shrunk to take up less than the entire column width. Is
there a way to prevent the end-of-cell mark taking up an entire text
line's worth of cell height?
I am using Word 2003 on Windows XP.

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
You might try giving the cell paragraph a tiny negative right indent. Or
perhaps format the EOC marker as Hidden?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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[Stefan Blom]

You can't select just the end-of-cell marker. If you try, the whole cell gets selected. Instead, set a negative indent for the text in cell, as suggested by Suzanne.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"another paul" wrote in message news:***@eggheadcafe.com...

Good ideas - but how to select the EOC marker in order to format it?

I have this same problem with a large table and would like to use search-and-replace for the EOC marker to replace it with EOC formatted as Hidden; otherwise even with F4 it will take too much effort to click or scroll to every EOC in the entire table.

Thanks -
AnotherPaul

Post by Paul
I created a table with fixed-width columns. In the top row, each cell
contains a Microsoft Word Picture (I think it is synomyous with a
Picture Object). I resize the picture object to take up the entire
width. The height of the row increases to accommodate the Picture
Object. This is good with one exception. When the Picture Object
takes up the entire column width, the end-of-cell mark (like an end-of-
paragraph mark, but round) wraps around to occupy a text line of its
own. I do not want this extra space, but neither do I want the Picture
Object to be shrunk to take up less than the entire column width. Is
there a way to prevent the end-of-cell mark taking up an entire text
line's worth of cell height?
I am using Word 2003 on Windows XP.

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
You might try giving the cell paragraph a tiny negative right indent. Or
perhaps format the EOC marker as Hidden?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Submitted via EggHeadCafe
ASP.NET In-Memory Image Control with Built-In Resizing of Posted File
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/e1a14e2c-e746-4bed-a552-24c632bd2709/aspnet-inmemory-image-control-with-builtin-resizing-of-posted-file.aspx

[Lenny In Satellite Beach]

Not sure how this works in earlier versions of Word, but I had the same problem in Word 2010. I solved it by

highlighting the text in the specific cell,
right-click, select "Table Properties"

["Cell Options" dialog box appears]

Uncheck "Wrap Text"