Instead, have Word automatically reposition it for you.īefore making any changes to the page margins or orientation, follow these steps: You may try to reposition it by clicking and dragging the table borders so they extend back to the right margin you also may need to reformat each of the columns and their contents. If you change the margins to 1/2 inch, the table moves to the left. For example, you create a table whose width extends from the one-inch page margin on the left to the one-inch page margin on the right. When you change margins or page orientation, by default, a table will not change its width to match.