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Remove blank lines between tables (Word)

I customized a report and was really excited that it worked. I went back into it to change the formatting of the report to reduce the size of the report. It stopped  working. The report didn't give an error, but 50% of the information was missing.

After trial and error I found out that deleting extra lines, caused Word to merge the Word tables. This merging of tables disrupted the report generation. After I went into the template and split tables that created a normal line between each report command, it worked again.

So, be careful when deleting blank lines. It is best to just change the font size to really small if you don't like the spacing.

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That's absolutely correct, Elizabeth. One of Word's features is that it automatically combines adjacent tables, which as you've seen causes conflicts with CaseComplete's reporting language.

Another option you can try is to make the paragraphs/blank lines in between your tables "hidden." This is another Word feature where you can use a hidden paragraph mark that will keep the separation of tables - thereby successfully completing your CC reports - but the tables themselves actually appear to be joined together.

The specific method might vary depending on what version of Microsoft Word you're using. Generally, you'll want to turn on paragraph marks, select the mark(s) you'd like hidden and select Hidden from the font Effects.

If you'd like some more help with this, send an email to our support team - support@serlio.com - and let them know what version of Word you're using.

Thanks for the tip!

Jason

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