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Forms & Tables Help Needed
Hi Margaret,
Good answers. In making a "form template" I don't want to set the size or position of the tables. Perhaps I wasn't clear about what I'm hoping to accomplish. I want the default for tables to be: no borders float font size and placement set/lock tables relative to page position Is it possible to set any of these things into a template? Thanks! *(((({ Then every time I bring up that template, I could insert the watermark and start drawing floating In the last exciting episode on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:03:03 +0100, "Margaret Aldis" wrote: |Hi Fishy - answers in-line: | |"*((({" wrote in message .. . | Thank you, Margaret. | | Q1: Do I presume correctly then, that "float" means "text wrap = | around" ??? | |"Float" is Word-ese for what pictures (and by extension, other things) do |when they are in the drawing layer rather than in the text story - see |http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/DrawLayer.htm | |(Actually I don't really like the term as different automatic typesetting |systems use it in rather different ways - it always means the figure moves |independently of the text, but the functionality and rules available can be |quite different from Word's offerings g.) | | | Q2: Can I make these options the default and store them in a | "floating table" template so they activate automatically when I make | other similar forms? | If so, how to make them default? | |In Word 2002 you can set some Table Properties using Table Styles, but I'm |pretty sure you can't set positioning in the style. In Word 2000 and for |general sanity the best idea is probably to save a copy of a basic table |form as AutoText, then bring it in and edit it where you need it. Or perhaps |better set yourself up a generic template with a table in place, from which |you can create new specific forms as you need them? | |Another option would be to set up a macro to change the properties and |position of a selected table - handy if you already have the tables, but |need to change them all. *(((({ |
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Forms & Tables Help Needed
Hi Fishy
*((({ wrote: In making a "form template" I don't want to set the size or position of the tables. Perhaps I wasn't clear about what I'm hoping to accomplish. I want the default for tables to be: no borders float font size and placement set/lock tables relative to page position Is it possible to set any of these things into a template? IIRC Margareth gave you the clue already: use an AutoText. Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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