i create a table...default geometry (3 rows by 2 columns)...either with automatic or manual cell heights and widths...either inline or not... i place only a couple of words in one cell...it remains at default size... i place much more text in the other cell in the same row, and both cells in that row expand vertically to accommodate the larger text... i click back to the first cell, and the whole row reverts to the height of that cell, hiding much of what is in the second cell...if i print while the cells are so collapsed, they print as collapsed...if i print while expanded, they print as expanded... ought there be a way to keep the whole table fully expanded, regardless of which cell was last active??...otherwise the rest of the layout is dis-conbloobled... frank ---------------------------