WD98: Table Row Will Not Increase to Show All Vertical Text (181018)

SYMPTOMS

When you change the Text Direction of text inside of a table cell to a vertical orientation, the table cell may not be resized enough to show all of your text. If you have more than a few lines of text, the text may be cut off when it is rotated vertically.

CAUSE

The height of the table row will be changed from an Auto setting to an At least 56.7 point setting when you change the text orientation of the text in the cell to vertical.

WORKAROUND

Change the height of the table row containing the vertically oriented text by using one of the following methods.

Method 1: Using Menu Commands

Position the insertion point in the table row you want to correct.
On the Table menu, click Select Row.
On the Table menu, click Cell Height And Width.
Click the Row tab.
In the At box, increase the setting of the row height to a value that will accommodate the amount of rotated text in the table cells and click OK.

Method 2: Using the Mouse

Move the insertion point to the bottom border of the affected row. When the insertion point turns into two parallel lines with arrows pointing both upward and downward, click the mouse and move the it downward to increase the cell height to the proper setting.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For additional information about resetting row heights, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

180997 WD98: Table Row Height Set to "At Least" After Vertical Merge

165906 Table Row Can't Be Displayed If Larger Than Page Height

For more information about "adjusting the height of a table row," click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

tables, rows

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Change the row height in a table" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.