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Easily fit text inside of a table cell in Word
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Are you having trouble wrapping text in a table in Word? While Word does this automatically, it may not always format the text how you want it to. Here's how to wrap text within a table and outside a table on Microsoft Word.
Quick Steps
- Right-click the table.
- Click Table Properties .
- Click Around .
- Click Positioning… to add more specifications.
- Click OK .
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Right-click the table . A drop-down menu will open.
- Use this method to apply text wrapping to text outside of the table . This will change how text appears surrounding your text. [1] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
- To apply text wrapping inside the table, skip to the next method .
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Click Table Properties . This is towards the bottom of the drop-down menu.
- A new window will open.
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Under "Text Wrapping", select Around . This adds text wrapping to the outside of your table.
- If desired, you can set the Alignment as Left , Center , or Right .
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Adjust the positioning (optional). If you want to add more customizations, click Positioning… on the right side of the menu.
- Set the Horizontal and/or Vertical Position as: Left, Right, Center, Inside, or Outside relative to: Margin, Page, or Column.
- Specify the distance from the surrounding text by clicking the up or down arrows for Top, Bottom, Left, or Right.
- Apply more options such as: Move with text or Allow overlap .
- Click OK when you're finished.
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Click OK . This will save your changes.
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Click the table. This will select it.
- By default, Microsoft Word automatically wraps text inside of a table cell. If you set rows to be a specific height, they will not change as you add content to the cells. Use this method to allow the cells to expand or revert back to default. [2] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
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Click the tablet handle on the top-left corner. The entire table will be selected.
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Right-click the table and select Table Properties . This is towards the bottom of the drop-down menu.
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Click Row . This is the tab at the top, between Table and Column .
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Select the "Specify height" box. There should be a checkmark, and the drop-down menus will no longer be grayed out.
- If you want to remove a height specification entirely, uncheck the box so there's no checkmark. Then, click OK to save your changes.
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Click the drop-down menu next to "Row height is". This is on the right side of the menu.
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Select At least . This will allow your table's row height to change as you add text.
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Click OK . Your changes will be saved.
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