Aligning table with bottom of page

[Smallweed]

I'm converting a template from 2003 to 2010. It uses a table in the footer of the front page with variable amounts of text and in Word 2003 the bottom of the table remains aligned neatly with the bottom of the page, no matter now much text is in it: the top of the table moves so that the bottom edge remains static. Its vertical alignment (via Postioning button in Table Properties) is actually just 0 inches relative to the Paragraph. However in 2010 the vertical alignment appears to work differently: as text is added/removed in the table, the top of the table stays put so that as the overall height of the table changes, so does the alignment of the bottom of the table with the bottom of the page.
Is there any way I can make the table behave the same way as in 2003?