Before anyone else answers you Vincent did you highlight the table and then look in the Table Menu to see if there was an option to remove grid lines? Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: Vincent stack To: vip students Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:40 PM Subject: [vip_students] removing tables from ms word 07 hello folks i cant seem to be able to find the option to remove a table from word 07 and i want the text in the table to stay on the page. many thanks. regards Vincent