Nominally invisible paragraph after an inner table at the end of a cell

Question

Hi all;

When the contents of a cell are a table, Word places an empty paragraph after the table at the end of the cell. I think this is because you must have a </p> before a </tc>. But that leaves the question - how do I figure out if that following paragraph is a Word inserted don't show paragraph vs. the user put a blank paragraph after the table?

thanks - dave

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Answer 1

Hi David,

Thank you for your question.  A colleague will be in contact to investigate this issue.

Regards,

Mark Miller | Open Specifications Support Team

Answer 2

You cannot tell the difference - a paragraph is a paragraph is a paragraph.

 

I don't believe the empty paragraph is necessary but Word does put one there if you _paste_ a table inside a cell. Since pasting is a UI action done by the user, you should be able to assume that the user is aware of, and wants, the paragraph, however it materialised.

 

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Tony
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Answer 3

Hi Tony;

That's what I thought at first. However you cannot delete it in Word and if you go to document.xml and delete it you get an error that </p> must precede </tc>. And it auto-hides but with no hide setting.

So something special is going on...

thanks - dave

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Answer 4

Hi David,

It seems this question is not entirely resolved.  I will investigate and follow up if you agree.

Regards,

Mark Miller | Open Specifications Support Team

Answer 5

I Agree, I Agree :)

Yes, please find out when the paragraph is hidden.

thanks - dave

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Answer 6

Hi David,

There always should be a <p/> inside a table cell and there is no way to distinguish between a user inserted <p/> and Word inserted one.  However, the Word inserted one is always empty with no text, and this is a Word implementation requirement.  For example, one <p> is the Word-required <p>, any more are from the user.  There will be a change in the implementer notes to reflect this information.

I hope this answers your question.

Regards,

Mark Miller | Open Specifications Support Team

Answer 7

thank you

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