fitting contents into a table cell

Word 2003.
Inserting a table - how do I get the contents of the cells to wrap
WITHIN the cell and prevent the last few letters in a line in a cell
disappearing beyond the cell margin? I've tried all sorts of settings
for the cell, the table, the margins, autofit, wrap, etc. but can't seem
to crack it - I keep losing a couple of letters at the right hand border
of each cell. Many thanks.
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Robert

This usually indicates that the paragraph in the cell has a negative right
indent.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Robert M Jones" wrote in message
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Word 2003.
Inserting a table - how do I get the contents of the cells to wrap WITHIN
the cell and prevent the last few letters in a line in a cell disappearing
beyond the cell margin? I've tried all sorts of settings for the cell, the
table, the margins, autofit, wrap, etc. but can't seem to crack it - I
keep losing a couple of letters at the right hand border of each cell.
Many thanks.
--
Robert

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
This usually indicates that the paragraph in the cell has a negative
right indent.


You are bang on target! What a star! I would NEVER have found that out
on my own. Many many thanks. You just saved me hours of work.
I highlighted the table, then checked the menu for "format" -
"paragraph" and there is was - a negative right indent. Fixed that -
problem solved.

--
Robert

Glad I could help. Sometimes a glance at the ruler will point that up, but
of course we're used to the ruler being so complicated in tables that we
often don't look.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Robert M Jones" wrote in message
...
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
This usually indicates that the paragraph in the cell has a negative
right indent.


You are bang on target! What a star! I would NEVER have found that out on
my own. Many many thanks. You just saved me hours of work.
I highlighted the table, then checked the menu for "format" - "paragraph"
and there is was - a negative right indent. Fixed that - problem solved.

--
Robert