If they scan okay, leave the tables in. If they didn't scan well at all either edit the table in Word, so it is readable, or remove it with a note in brackets saying the table is missing because it was unrecognizable. Sarah Van Oosterwijck http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Bksvol" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 2:00 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dealing with tables. > I'm working on a book that has a lot of data from youth surveys. The > last couple of chapters present the data in various tables. I don't like > tables, so I usually skip them. Any ideas on how I can make them as easy as > possible to read? > > TIA, > Paula > > >