merging table cells grayed out in pages 08 3.0.3

Could you post a screen shot of the highlighted/selected cells in the tabel for us to see?

Okay. Here are two. First shows the two cells I'm trying to merge. Second shows where I selected Format >Table > Merge Cells. I had to make them small because this site had restriction on sizes. You can see how the merge is grayed out. I did select both cells first.

You did the images to small. This site can take larger images.

Okay, I'll try to upload the larger images. And the only time I get the dots is if I select the entire table. I'm just selecting the 2 bottom cells because I need the top row with 2 cells and the bottom row with 1 cell.

So my first image shows you how I highlighted the ONE cell. Second image shows how I highlighted TWO cells And then the third image is where I've chose to merge the cells. And it's the same if I use the inspector. Both ways have the "merge" grayed out.

IMAGE 1 - 1 cell on bottom row highlighted

IMAGE 2 -- both cells on bottom row highlighted

IMAGE 3 - Merge cells is grayed out.

Better images size. Would you mind sending me a copy of the document? If so click on my blue name to find my email address. I will have a look at it and see if it has the same behaviour on my Pages 08.

Pamela,

Please make sure that you aren't trying to merge a Header Cell with a Body cell. It's possible that your left cell in the selection is a part of a Header Column.

Jerry

I sent you a copy. Thank you for looking at the doc for me

Sorry, Jerrold, I accidentally sent you a copy of my doc. It is

fruhulda Sweden who said he would take a look at it for me. So please just ignore that email. Sorry about that.

I don't know how to look to see if the bottom row is a header row. I would think the top row would have to be a header row, if there are any header rows in the table. But maybe there is a problem with that row being something other than a standard table row. Not sure. Thank you for the suggestion.

I'll take a look too. I didn't say Header or Footer Row, I said Header Column. I'll check the document you sent and get back to you.

Jerry

Pamala,

As I suspected, there is a Header Column in your table. Add a second Body Column to the left of the current Body Column, Copy your Header Column to the new Body Column and then set the number of Header Columns to Zero.

Then you can Select and Merge the two cells.

Jerry

Oh, gosh, thank you both for helping. And thanks Jerrold for the information.

Okay, I just created a NEW table, as I couldn't quite understand the procedure you wanted me to use. I can just re-enter the content.

This is what I always get when I insert a table. Is there a way to set it up just to insert a normal table and I can always come back later and add color? This is the default insert of a template for some reason.

Thank you both, VERY much, for offering to help AND solving the problem! I needed to print out my bulletins TODAY, so I was anxiously awaiting a resolve to my table issues! SMILE 🙂

I couldn't understand the FIX for the table, but it was such a simple table that I just re-created it and re-inserted the content.

Thank you again for your help. It is much appreciated!

Where do I check that my issue was resolved?

I have send back a letter with a corrected table. The table was corrupt. I just moved the information to a new table and it worked fine!

Sorry, don't understand. You sent back a letter? With a corrected table? Which table was corrupt?

Ohhhh okay. Sorry I was looking at the forum before I checked my mail. So misunderstood what you were saying. Thank you SO MUCH for your help!!! Very kind of you!!