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Old April 24th, 2004, 10:05 AM
David Young
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Default More alternatives to text boxes.

I have just tried to post this in reply to an earlier post
but there was a transport error.

I need to put text into boxes but:
The text box function requires manually placing what will
end up being hundreds of boxes all with the same
properties, with no option to change them en masse if I
change my mind later about borders, background pictures
etc.

Auto text does not seem to be able to offer any more than
just creating a template which I can use later on but
which still involves manual placing.

Tables do not result in individual boxes separated by
white space (where I need to cut the paper to create
individual boxes). Also, tables automatically resize when
too much text is put in them. I need all my boxes to be
of uniform size.

Is there a way to do this so that, after I have typed all
the contents of the boxes, I could get MS Word 2000 to
change all the properties automatically if I were not
happy with the result?

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Old April 24th, 2004, 10:29 AM
Graham Mayor
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Default More alternatives to text boxes.

This sounds suspiciously like mailing labels to me - You could create a
custom label format - this will give you table cells of fixed size, and if
you set the label width and height to less than the pitch measurements you
can create space between the labels.

Table cells resize only if you allow them to.


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David Young wrote:
I have just tried to post this in reply to an earlier post
but there was a transport error.

I need to put text into boxes but:
The text box function requires manually placing what will
end up being hundreds of boxes all with the same
properties, with no option to change them en masse if I
change my mind later about borders, background pictures
etc.

Auto text does not seem to be able to offer any more than
just creating a template which I can use later on but
which still involves manual placing.

Tables do not result in individual boxes separated by
white space (where I need to cut the paper to create
individual boxes). Also, tables automatically resize when
too much text is put in them. I need all my boxes to be
of uniform size.

Is there a way to do this so that, after I have typed all
the contents of the boxes, I could get MS Word 2000 to
change all the properties automatically if I were not
happy with the result?



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Old April 26th, 2004, 04:47 PM
Klaus Linke
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Default More alternatives to text boxes.

Hi David,

You might also check out framed styles. You can set their height to
"Exactly xx", and changing the style (borders, space before/after ...) will
instantly change all boxes.

One drawback is that Word puts consecutive paragraphs in some framed style
in the same frame/box. So you may need to use empty non-framed paragraphs
"between" the boxes, which isn't terribly nice.

Greetings,
Klaus



"David Young" wrote:
I have just tried to post this in reply to an earlier post
but there was a transport error.

I need to put text into boxes but:
The text box function requires manually placing what will
end up being hundreds of boxes all with the same
properties, with no option to change them en masse if I
change my mind later about borders, background pictures
etc.

Auto text does not seem to be able to offer any more than
just creating a template which I can use later on but
which still involves manual placing.

Tables do not result in individual boxes separated by
white space (where I need to cut the paper to create
individual boxes). Also, tables automatically resize when
too much text is put in them. I need all my boxes to be
of uniform size.

Is there a way to do this so that, after I have typed all
the contents of the boxes, I could get MS Word 2000 to
change all the properties automatically if I were not
happy with the result?



 




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