Troubleshoot formatting tables

You can create a table heading by merging table cells.

1. Select two or more adjacent cells that you want to combine.
2. On the Table menu, click Merge Cells.

   If the cells contain text, the content of each cell appears in the merged cell.

Note  To split merged cells, select the cells, and then click Split Cells on the Table menu.

1. Select the column you want to change.
2. On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering, and then click the Bullets tab.
3. Click the bullet style you want, and then click OK.

1. Select the text you want to copy, and then press CTRL+C to copy the text.
2. In Microsoft Publisher, click Insert Table on the Objects toolbar.
3. Click inside your publication.
4. In the Create Table dialog box, select the options you want, and then click OK.
5. In the table, position the insertion point where you want the upper-left cell of the copied text to appear.
6. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
7. Under As, click Table Cells With Cell Formatting, and then click OK.

1. Select the table.
2. On the Table menu, click Table AutoFormat.
3. Select the formatting options you want.

The table might be positioned as an inline object. To move the table, change it to an exact (fixed) position.

You can rotate tables only if you are working on a print publication. If you convert a print publication that contains a rotated table into a Web publication, the table will be returned to its original position in the new Web publication.

Cell diagonals in table cells are available only if you are working on a print publication. If you convert a print publication that contains a table with cell diagonals to a Web publication, the cell diagonals will not appear.

Non-solid fills are available for table cells only if you are working on a print publication. If you convert a print publication with a table that contains non-solid fills in the table cells, all of these cells will be converted to a solid fill.

Patterned borders are available for tables only if you are working on a print publication. If you convert a print publication with a table that has patterned cell borders to a Web publication, these patterned borders will be converted to solid lines.