CAN'T THINK OF WHAT YOU CALL IT.

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I once saw instructions for inserting a new line, above line number one, on
a word document. I have a table that needs a title typed above it. First I
need to insert a new line above the table. I have searched "help" but can't
find the answer.

Thanks
 
I once saw instructions for inserting a new line, above line number one, on
a word document. I have a table that needs a title typed above it. First I
need to insert a new line above the table. I have searched "help" but can't
find the answer.

Thanks
Click to expand...

Put the cursor in the top left cell of the table, before the first
word of the cell content, and press Enter. The paragraph mark it
inserts will be above the table. (Anywhere else in the table, you'll
just get a new paragraph inside the cell.)

Alternatively, put the cursor in the first cell and use Table > Split
to get a paragraph above the table.
 
What version of Word? Try Ctrl+Enter. This will insert a page break, which
you can delete after inserting whatever you need above it.

In Word 2000 and later, pressing Enter at the beginning of a table at the
top of a document usually doeds the trick.
 
Word 2000! thanks


Herb Tyson said:
What version of Word? Try Ctrl+Enter. This will insert a page break, which
you can delete after inserting whatever you need above it.

In Word 2000 and later, pressing Enter at the beginning of a table at the
top of a document usually doeds the trick.
Click to expand...
 
Actually, I think pressing Enter works in any version of Word.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Herb Tyson said:
What version of Word? Try Ctrl+Enter. This will insert a page break, which
you can delete after inserting whatever you need above it.

In Word 2000 and later, pressing Enter at the beginning of a table at the
top of a document usually doeds the trick.
Click to expand...
 
Another trick: Regardless of where the table is positioned in the document,
when the cursor is positioned at the beginning of the first cell,
Ctrl-Shift-Enter will always insert a paragraph above the table based on the
Normal style, ignoring the formatting in the cell and the formatting in the
paragraph preceeding the table.


I once saw instructions for inserting a new line, above line number one, on
a word document. I have a table that needs a title typed above it. First I
need to insert a new line above the table. I have searched "help" but can't
find the answer.

Thanks
 
Nope. In earlier versions of Word (I forget when they fixed it), this was a
real problem and required a "trick" of some kind. I could test it out here
only in Word 2000, 2002 and 2003. I no longer have any of the earlier
versions installed.
 
I'm looking at the User Guide for Word 6.0 (p. 304):

How can I insert text before a table at the beginning of a document?

Position the insertion point at the beginning of the first cell, and then
press ENTER.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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