Table row height "Exactly" resets itself to "At Least" in Word 2010

Hi,

As I understand you want to set fixed height and width to cells in nested table:

Follow the steps mentioned and check:

·         Select the nested table, right click on it and click on Table Properties< under Row tab specify the row height and Row Height is select Exactly.

·         Go to Table tab< Option< under Option group uncheck the option Automatically resize to fit content.

·         Go to Layout tab under Cell size group click on Auto Fit and Fixed Column size and check.

I hope the above suggestions help. Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thank you.

I suspect document corruption (or table corruption). See if copying document content, minus the final paragraph mark (¶), into a new, blank document, fixes the problem.

Hi,

Thank you for the reply.

I would need more information on the issue:

Does the issue occur with a particular document or all the Word documents?

Try creating a new Word document with tables and nested tables and check if it works fine in new document.

If the issue persists in new document too then refer the link mentioned follow the troubleshooting steps provided in the article and check:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541

Note: Ensure to back up the registry before changing any registry keys as mentioned in the article.

I could not figure out how to stop the row height from reverting to "At Least" from "Exactly," even when I made sure the table was not nested. I am not sure if this could have something to do with the fact that my file was saved as "Web Page, Filtered." For me, however, the real issue was that the row height was larger than the size of the text for no apparent reason. I was trying to force the row smaller to get rid of this extra space.

I was able to fix this by looking at the paragraph settings for the text inside the cells. Make sure there is no extra spacing set for "Before" and "After" and that the line spacing is set to "Single." This was what was forcing the extra space for me.

It is also worth checking the "Cell Margins" settings and the default cell margins found under Table Properties -> Table tab -> "Options..." These can also force extra space I think.

I could not figure out how to stop the row height from reverting to "At Least" from "Exactly," even when I made sure the table was not nested. I am not sure if this could have something to do with the fact that my file was saved as "Web Page, Filtered."

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The above is all correct when it comes to modifying tables...

however I ran into the same above issues... The problem I was having is directly related to the Paragraph settings for the text contained within the table structure. ... Remove all padding space from your text ... and voilà it works...