Hiding table's handle in Word 2007

**florence** · 09-11-2010, 02:11 PM

I used a table to create my resume in Word 2007. The lines of the table are hidden, but an annoying crosslike symbol appears at the top left of the hidden table. I guess you would call it the table's "handle". How do I hide this cross symbol? Thanks for your help.

**daddylonglegs** · 09-11-2010, 02:18 PM

Hello Florence, thank you for changing your thread title.....

**MarvinP** · 09-11-2010, 02:29 PM

The answer is easy if you edit the title of your post to conform to forumn rules.

**MarvinP** · 09-11-2010, 02:36 PM

Hi florence,

The little mark is part of a picture. Click on the mark and delete the picture/shape and it will be gone.

**florence** · 09-11-2010, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by MarvinP

Hi florence,

The little mark is part of a picture. Click on the mark and delete the picture/shape and it will be gone.

Hi Marvin,
Thanks very much for your response, but I'm afraid the attachment that I uploaded earlier with a small capture of the symbol was confusing. I just uploaded a revised attachment which better illustrates my problem. The symbol is the handle for the table and if I press delete all the type in the table dissappears!

**MarvinP** · 09-11-2010, 03:03 PM

Because you have a table in the document the handle always shows when you are in the table. Try to convert the table to Text to remove the table format.

**florence** · 09-11-2010, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by MarvinP

Because you have a table in the document the handle always shows when you are in the table. Try to convert the table to Text to remove the table format.

As you suggested, I converted the table to Text which removed the handle. (I don't think my table was a good idea for a Word document to be downloaded instead of printed.) Thanks for your advice Marvin. It was useful and I learned something.

Florence