Freeing Tables from Frames
Applies to: Word 2003, Word 2007
Note: We also have a video on this topic in our How To Videos area.
Tables can be placed within a "frame" that displays the table at an absolute position on a page. Sometimes, this can have unintended consequences, and you need to know how to release the table from the frame.
Symptoms:
- Table header takes up the whole page and will not adjust even when changing the margins.
- The first row of the table will not print as the header row.
- Unable to edit table.
How are they created?
Tables in frames are easy to create, even by accident: just drag the table to another position in the document. Word automatically puts the table in a frame!
The Fix:
Place cursor in table, navigate to Table > Table Properties and select None for Text wrapping.
