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After you have inserted a table in your document, you cannot use the regular formatting tools to indent the table. This is because in most instances, tables do not behave the same way as paragraphs.
There are a couple of ways you can indent tables. One is to drag a table to an indented position in your document. All you need to do is use to the mouse to move the indent marker for the table. This is the marker right above the leftmost edge of your table. When you move this marker, Word moves the entire table in the direction you move the marker.
Another, more precise method of indenting your table is accomplished by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box.
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2016-04-16 17:04:25
edwin g. antonio
How to break pages by paragraphs and not by lines when working on multipages documents?
2016-04-16 14:51:42
MWil
I've always used the paragraph formatting tools to indent and shift the position of a table in my document and at two clicks it is much quicker than opening the Table Properties Tabs.
Simply highlight the entire table and then use the paragraph positioning and indent tools to move its position. (But if your table already extends from margin to margin it has no room to move so you won't see it change when you use those tools).
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