Placing Tables Side by Side

I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small space
between them. I made the first table. I made the second table and moved it
to the right of the first one. Then I made the third table - but when I
moved it, it became a part of the second table. It will not let me place it
to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming a part of the second
table (it stuffs itself into the first cell). I don't understand why the
second table did fine, but the third one keeps doing this.

Hello Whimsey

whimsey wrote:
I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small space
between them. I made the first table. I made the second table and moved it
to the right of the first one. Then I made the third table - but when I
moved it, it became a part of the second table. It will not let me place it
to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming a part of the second
table (it stuffs itself into the first cell). I don't understand why the
second table did fine, but the third one keeps doing this.

I'd either create a table layout for the whole thing (you know, a 7
column table on the outside, 4 columns for the 4 tables and 3 for the
dividers), or insert 4 tables below each other, divided by an empty
paragraph (otherwise they _will_ join up) and then use Word's column
feature.

HTH
Robert
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I've never tried this because I'm leery of nesting, but theoretically you
could create the four tables and nest them in the four cells of a 2x2 table.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message
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Hello Whimsey

whimsey wrote:
I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small
space between them. I made the first table. I made the second table and
moved it to the right of the first one. Then I made the third table -
but when I moved it, it became a part of the second table. It will not
let me place it to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming
a part of the second table (it stuffs itself into the first cell). I
don't understand why the second table did fine, but the third one keeps
doing this.

I'd either create a table layout for the whole thing (you know, a 7 column
table on the outside, 4 columns for the 4 tables and 3 for the dividers),
or insert 4 tables below each other, divided by an empty paragraph
(otherwise they _will_ join up) and then use Word's column feature.

HTH
Robert
--
/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT |
\ / | MVP | Scientific Reports
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