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Why is text stacked vertically when I resize cell? (Word 2007)

After searching various terms (re-flow text, text stacking, changing language etc) I am still non the wiser as to why after entering text into a table in MS***Word 2007 and resizing by dragging the ruler/vertical table bar the text "stacks" (and NO I am not getting confused with text orientation, or at least not that immediately obvious from the rather confusing "ribbon"). To wit, the stacking is like this:

I
'
d

r
a
t
h
e
r

u
s
e

a

M
a
c

I would be very grateful to hear any solutions from someone with the patience to read through all the MS***Word 2007 forums, help topics etc. I'm sure the solution is probably quite simply, sadly it has eluded me (using Word in italian is not assisting with reducing frustration).

Thank you.
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Usually that symptom occurs because the left and right indents of the paragraph inside the cell are large enough that only one character width (or less) remains between them.

I've seen situations where I could swear the indents were both zero before I resized the column, but afterward they were 3 or 4 inches. There's some unstable code in there, but it's intermittent.

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Last updated September 25, 2024 Views 1,377 Applies to: