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Table problems with mixed vertical and horizontal text
I've been assigned to make a Word table to look EXACTLY like an
AutoCAD table for text input. This is a 5 column table on landscape 11 x 17 paper. The first 4 columns are normal text that will be formatted in outline form. The last one is a narrow column, divided into 8 rows with vertical text inside them. One of the rows is further divided into 3 columns on the left side and two on the right with lines separated by tiny spaces (additional columns to define space?) for input of initials and a date. So this looks like a vertical table inside the cell. Wish I could post a picture. I've tried everything from a nested table to hand-drawing the divisions in this further divided row and still make it fit into a slightly less than 1-inch space. Every little tweak results in a major change in the rest of the table. I've turned off word wrap and auto fit to contents. I've tried using the ruler line to drag the row height and setting the height in Table Properties. Isn't there a way to drag a table line and increase/decrease JUST that cell size? Or a way to auto fit this little table into my 1-inch space? I'm ready to give up and my boss won't be happy. Please help! |
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Table problems with mixed vertical and horizontal text
Hi hoozieg,
If you triple-click inside a cell to highlight the whole of that cell, you can drag its borders without affecting those of any but the adjacent cells (if any) sharing those borders. You might also find it easier to split the table into smaller chunks that you can manipulate, then remove the intervening paragraphs when you're finished, to re-consolidate the table. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- wrote in message oups.com... I've been assigned to make a Word table to look EXACTLY like an AutoCAD table for text input. This is a 5 column table on landscape 11 x 17 paper. The first 4 columns are normal text that will be formatted in outline form. The last one is a narrow column, divided into 8 rows with vertical text inside them. One of the rows is further divided into 3 columns on the left side and two on the right with lines separated by tiny spaces (additional columns to define space?) for input of initials and a date. So this looks like a vertical table inside the cell. Wish I could post a picture. I've tried everything from a nested table to hand-drawing the divisions in this further divided row and still make it fit into a slightly less than 1-inch space. Every little tweak results in a major change in the rest of the table. I've turned off word wrap and auto fit to contents. I've tried using the ruler line to drag the row height and setting the height in Table Properties. Isn't there a way to drag a table line and increase/decrease JUST that cell size? Or a way to auto fit this little table into my 1-inch space? I'm ready to give up and my boss won't be happy. Please help! |
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Table problems with mixed vertical and horizontal text
Thanks for your reply,
Unfortunately, the part that's giving me the problem is the thin column divided by rows with vertical text on the right. Even when triple clicking, as you suggested, dragging the row height moves everything up or down depending on which way you are dragging. Also, I haven't found a way to split the table at a column instead of a row and when I created a one column table to work with the row divisions and vertical text separately and tried to drag it next to the main table, it won't get closed enough to look like the same table. Is there any way I can email the file to you instead of having to describe it? hoozieg On Oct 9, 4:21 am, "macropod" wrote: Hi hoozieg, If you triple-click inside a cell to highlight the whole of that cell, you can drag its borders without affecting those of any but the adjacent cells (if any) sharing those borders. You might also find it easier to split the table into smaller chunks that you can manipulate, then remove the intervening paragraphs when you're finished, to re-consolidate the table. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- wrote in ooglegroups.com... I've been assigned to make a Word table to look EXACTLY like an AutoCAD table for text input. This is a 5 column table on landscape 11 x 17 paper. The first 4 columns are normal text that will be formatted in outline form. The last one is a narrow column, divided into 8 rows with vertical text inside them. One of the rows is further divided into 3 columns on the left side and two on the right with lines separated by tiny spaces (additional columns to define space?) for input of initials and a date. So this looks like a vertical table inside the cell. Wish I could post a picture. I've tried everything from a nested table to hand-drawing the divisions in this further divided row and still make it fit into a slightly less than 1-inch space. Every little tweak results in a major change in the rest of the table. I've turned off word wrap and auto fit to contents. I've tried using the ruler line to drag the row height and setting the height in Table Properties. Isn't there a way to drag a table line and increase/decrease JUST that cell size? Or a way to auto fit this little table into my 1-inch space? I'm ready to give up and my boss won't be happy. Please help! |
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Table problems with mixed vertical and horizontal text
Hi hoozieg,
Sorry, my mistake - you can't use the triple-click method to change a single cell's height without affecting cells in other columns in the table. Splitting a table also only works horizontally. To get your table looking right, you'll need to create however many rows you need with the horizontal text in the columns that are to adjoin the cells with vertical text, then merge the cells requiring vertical text before splitting those cells vertically. Obviously, the overall height of the rows for the horizontal text are going to need to be the same as you'll need for each cell of vertical text. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for your reply, Unfortunately, the part that's giving me the problem is the thin column divided by rows with vertical text on the right. Even when triple clicking, as you suggested, dragging the row height moves everything up or down depending on which way you are dragging. Also, I haven't found a way to split the table at a column instead of a row and when I created a one column table to work with the row divisions and vertical text separately and tried to drag it next to the main table, it won't get closed enough to look like the same table. Is there any way I can email the file to you instead of having to describe it? hoozieg On Oct 9, 4:21 am, "macropod" wrote: Hi hoozieg, If you triple-click inside a cell to highlight the whole of that cell, you can drag its borders without affecting those of any but the adjacent cells (if any) sharing those borders. You might also find it easier to split the table into smaller chunks that you can manipulate, then remove the intervening paragraphs when you're finished, to re-consolidate the table. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- wrote in ooglegroups.com... I've been assigned to make a Word table to look EXACTLY like an AutoCAD table for text input. This is a 5 column table on landscape 11 x 17 paper. The first 4 columns are normal text that will be formatted in outline form. The last one is a narrow column, divided into 8 rows with vertical text inside them. One of the rows is further divided into 3 columns on the left side and two on the right with lines separated by tiny spaces (additional columns to define space?) for input of initials and a date. So this looks like a vertical table inside the cell. Wish I could post a picture. I've tried everything from a nested table to hand-drawing the divisions in this further divided row and still make it fit into a slightly less than 1-inch space. Every little tweak results in a major change in the rest of the table. I've turned off word wrap and auto fit to contents. I've tried using the ruler line to drag the row height and setting the height in Table Properties. Isn't there a way to drag a table line and increase/decrease JUST that cell size? Or a way to auto fit this little table into my 1-inch space? I'm ready to give up and my boss won't be happy. Please help! |
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