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1. Microsoft word how to merge cells in a table how to#
2. Microsoft word how to merge cells in a table pro#

In order to dispense with merged cells you will be forced to break tables into multiple smaller units. Suffice it to say that it’s a relatively simple and straightforward process, once you are familiar with it.

Microsoft word how to merge cells in a table how to#

There are plenty of guides around on how to tag tables in Acrobat, so I won’t reproduce the information here (these include, or my ageing but still relevant ebook Design and build accessible PDF tables). They automatically get the correct column or row span attributes when exported to PDF (although row headers and scope attributes will need editing). Merged header cells in InDesign-no problemīy contrast, header cells that are merged in InDesign will cause no problems at all. Such cells will need to be fixed after the document has been exported to PDF, along with headers and scope which are both likely to need fixing in all but the simplest of tables. (The shortcomings of MS Word in this respect are perhaps the source of people’s concerns about PDF data tables). Although Word 2003 used to get merged cells right (sort of), all subsequent versions don’t. Unfortunately, MS Word doesn’t do a great job of generating column span or row span attributes.

Microsoft word how to merge cells in a table pro#

Figure 1: Table header cell attributes dialogue box in Acrobat Pro Merged header cells in MS Word-need repair Without this, the wrong headers are liable to be read out before each data cell, thus rendering the content unintelligible.

Taking it at face value could do more harm than good. This advice needs a fair bit of qualification. You may find you need to use multiple nested tables, which isn't uncommon when working with a complex layout.I often hear from organisations who have been advised, for accessibility reasons, to avoid merging cells in tables in PDFs. Here's the table again after those changes are made and you can't tell there are two tables. I also set the Preferred Width of the nested table to 100% in the Table Properties so it fills the cell. Deselect Same as whole table and set all of the margins to 0". For that, with yourĬursor in the containing cell, on the T able Tools Format In order to make the nested table appear seamless, I go to the Cell properties of the containing cell and set the margins to 0 (zero) inches.

I left the defaults in the screenshot so you can get a better idea of what I'm referring to. I'm not 100% clear on what's happening based on your description, but I suspect what you need to do is use nested Word tables, like this. Any changes you make to the cells will also affect the columns. One of the drawbacks of using Merge and Split cells is that you're still using the same table structure and your columns/rows aren't independent.