Unfortunately, Word tables do not have rotational capability. It's something
I've wished Word had since day 1.
One option for handling headers/footers for landscape pages is to put the
header/footer material into a borderless text box and rotate the text in it
so that it's consistent with headers/footers in the rest of the document.
Either way, working with landscape tables in Word is a pain. Many end up
using the graphics approach... others use an old fashioned typewriter to
type the page numbers, etc. into the correct location.
Another work-around... while a table can't be rotated, the text in cells can
be. So, set the text direction at 90 degrees from normal and set the table
to autofit. (Note: but don't rely on the repeated header rows feature).
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
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"Tony Burton" wrote in message
...
In article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:
Why not just put it in a landscape section?
Hi Suzanne,
That sounded like a good idea until I tried it, but then the footer needs
to be sideways on the left
hand side (this one page table is to be part of a long manual). And when I
tried to copy the table
onto the page, the row spacing went crazy and the table wrapped to 3
pages. I couldn't adjust the
row spacing back to the original by dragging the bars up on the left hand
row ruler - it kept
snapping back to the original wide spacing - have no idea why it's doing
that.
So, my original question remains - can I turn a table sideways on a page
without converting it to a
graphic first?
Cheers