Changing the placement of the left border of tables in Word

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Published on 2010-04-01T15:01:16Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 15:43 UTC
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Is it possible to have tables in Word such that the border lines align with the text outside the table?

In MS Word, the left-side (and also the right-side) border is by default not aligned with the rest of the text on a page. It's actually the text in the first column of a table that is aligned with the text outside the table. And the table border is a little bit to the left. I find this layout quite a bit annoying, as I don't want to have any elements on a page outside the range that is used by normal text.

I know that I can change the column delimiters manually (via the ruler). I'm looking for some more automatic way like setting the defaults for the whole document or such.

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