Ah. Well, to answer your first part, yes, I was going to restrict the logic to only look at cells of a given column and test if they were blank. Like in this code:

[VBA]If myTable.Cell(i, 2).Range.Text = Chr(13) & Chr(7) Then[/VBA]

However, the important part is that you said it CANNOT ITERATE through the cells to merge more than one. That is essentially what I want to do and thought it was possible based on my Excel experience. For instance, here is code I could use to iterate in Excel:

[VBA]rc = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
For i = 2 To rc
If Cells(i, YourColumn).Value = "" Then
Rows(i).Delete
i = i - 1
End if
Next
[/VBA]

I get the sense you're telling me that tables in Word simply won't play nice and that there is no workaround?