title: How do I detect a Word table with (horizontally) merged cells?
body: <p>When a Word table contains horizontally merged cells, accessing aTable.Columns.First or performing a For Each over aTable.Columns will result in an error.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to determine if a table contains horizontally merged cells without resulting in an error?</p>
  
  <p>I've read <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4269545/determine-if-a-word-cell-is-merged">Determine if a Word cell is merged</a>, but that is about detecting if a particular Word table cell is merged, rather than does the whole table have any merged cells.</p>