Selecting Table in Outline View Causes Anchor Point to Change

 Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q79000
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word for Windows, if you select a portion of a table using the keyboard while in outline view, the anchor position of the original insertion point is lost.

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Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. From the View menu, choose Outline.

  2. Type the following lines: 

          one
      two
      three

  3. Press ENTER. From the Table menu (Insert menu in version 1.x), choose Insert Table (Table in version 1.x), and choose the OK button to insert a 2-row, 3-column table.

  4. Position the insertion point in front of "two."

  5. Press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to select to the bottom of the table, then press SHIFT+UP ARROW to clear the selection to the original insertion point.

As soon as the selection includes a table row, the anchor position is lost because that row becomes the new anchor. In outline view, you cannot clear a selection back to the original insertion point.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows version 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 315-318, 441

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: kbtable
Additional query words: 1.x cursor 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword2
word6 winword 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c
Keywords : kbtable
Version : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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