Ian, I like your idea best. It takes a little trial & error to get the text
boxes the right sizes, but I think I've done it OK. Although I may want to
keep the lines of the text boxes, can they be eliminated if I wanted to do so
- i.e. after I've inserted the photos & sized them?

"Ian Wilson" wrote:

Alternatively you could put four text boxes on the page and centre them in
each quarter of the sheet.

Ian

"rwroth" wrote in message
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Thanks, Jay. The process you describe divides the usuable portion of the
page
(i.e. inside the margins) but doesn't really divide the entire page into
quarters. If I were to enter text or insert a photo, then fold the paper
twice (to give a card, e.g.) the text or photo would not be centered on
the
quarter panel. I guess I essentially want to eliminate all borders, but
can't
do this. My final objective is to place the text or photo into 2 or 3 of
the
quarters, fold the paper twice and wind up with a card. (I don't have MS
Publisher, which I'm told may do this - but hope to use Word.)
Roy

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

rwroth wrote:
In Word 2003, how can I divide a standard page into quarters so that
I can then put different text or a photo into each quarter?

Insert a 2-column, 2-row table. In Table Table Properties Row, set
the
preferred row height to slightly less than half the distance between the
top
and bottom margins. For example, on a Letter-size page with 1-inch top
and
bottom margins, the row height should be 4.35" or less.

The "slightly less" part is required because Word insists on having a
paragraph mark below the table, and making the table occupy the entire
height of the page will force that paragraph -- and possibly the second
row
of the table -- to a second page. You can make the row heights 4.45" if
you
go into the paragraph after the table and make its font size 1 pt.

To remove the table borders, put the cursor in the table and press
Ctrl+Alt+U (or use Format Borders and Shading None).

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org