Stop Word from creating a new row when I press enter when in a table

Question

I am writing a document (in Microsoft word 2013) with a lot of tables in it. I need each table to have only one row. Consider the diagrams below.

If I press enter when the cursor is in position A then I get situation B. If the cursor is in position C and I press enter I get position D. In both cases is there a way so that when I press enter I will always get position E?

Answer 1

While the cursor is in the table, Word is in table edit mode. As far as I know, there is no way to turn this off. The cursor must leave the table for Word to exit that mode.

Unfortunately, Word has limitations. You can only get a blank line between tables from position "C" while pressing Shift + Enter, or from position "E".

Another option might be to record a macro and assign a shortcut key.

Answer 2

Try this it worked for me:

1. Left click to highlight row A then right click
2. Select Table properties
3. Select Row tab
4. Change row size from 'At least' to 'Exactly'
5. Click OK

and your are done.

Answer 3

Wow...I'm on "endanger" list! I'll ignore this and give you my answer to this after not being able to find it here or in any other 'platform' or whatever it's called. Yes, I too was in a situation where I could not get my cursor in the "E" posistion as described above. That is your cursor will stay above the line and you won't be able to enter text below it. And today (all on my own) I got it. It seems that most likely for unknown reason words moves to "no border" to "Box" (At least this was my situation) So you'll need to go to: "Page Layout" (on my 2007 version its the 3rd tab on the ribbon.) Then: "Page Border" (the last icon out of 9). Then: Click on it to bring a window called "Borders and Shading" On its left column you'll see 5 box choices and the first one is: "None" then "Box", "Shadow", "3-D" and "Custom" "none" should be blue, as selected instead of black like the other four (so unselected). But, like in my case, "Box" was in Blue All you need to do is correct it then press OK Hope it'll be the same for you.

Answer 4

• Put your cursor in the last row / last column cell
• Hit TAB to create a new row below
• Select the entire new row and right-click, then "Delete" the new row.
• If you get a prompt for how to end the Delete, then select "Delete all cells"
• Voila, your cursor lands directly below the table after the delete without being inside the table.

Answer 5

I somehow managed to stumble across the answer because I was also having this issue, and I didn't want to create a new blank header.

What you need to do is this:

1. Press Enter to create a new row (Row D in your case)
2. In the new row press Ctrl+Enter
   • This creates a Page Break between Row D and Row C, and makes Row D a separate table
3. Press backspace to remove Page Break (You will stay on this empty line)
4. Right Click on the new Row D Table and Select Delete Table/Cells and delete the entire table.

Hope this helps you or anyone else that has this issue.

Answer 6

Enter a 4 blank lines above the table. Drag the table to the 2nd from top line. Move cursor (click) to the 3rd line and press enter so you keep a line below the table. I like to have one above and one below any tables I make to avoid this scenario.