Yes, you can do that, but you can't delete the table directly.
Originally Posted by
gmaxey
This will leave the empty richtext control showing placeholder text. It seems, as you have deduced yourself that Word\VBA somehow commingles the start/end of the table range with the start/end of the CC range.
If you switch Design Mode on, you'll see that Word has set the CC start within the tables...
A workaround for both issues is to insert a space before the table at the design stage. Another workaround for both issues is to switch the table's wrap format to 'around' while working on it.