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Old May 10th, 2010, 03:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Terri N
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Default Don't want text selected when tabbing to next cell

Is it possible to tab to the next cell of a table without having Word select
all the text in that cell? I'm using a template that's already in place in
each cell, but in order to start typing I have to first de-select the text by
hitting the back arrow. Since there are over 1,000 items in this table, I'd
like to avoid this, at least on this particular document. Can I change this?
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Terri
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Old May 10th, 2010, 03:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Terri N
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Default Don't want text selected when tabbing to next cell

P.S. I'm using Word 2003, if that makes a difference.
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"Terri N" wrote:

Is it possible to tab to the next cell of a table without having Word select
all the text in that cell? I'm using a template that's already in place in
each cell, but in order to start typing I have to first de-select the text by
hitting the back arrow. Since there are over 1,000 items in this table, I'd
like to avoid this, at least on this particular document. Can I change this?
--
Terri

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Old May 10th, 2010, 03:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Jay Freedman
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Default Don't want text selected when tabbing to next cell

Add this macro to your template, using the instructions at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm:

Sub NextCell()
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
End Sub

This should work in all versions of Word.

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Terri N wrote:
P.S. I'm using Word 2003, if that makes a difference.

Is it possible to tab to the next cell of a table without having
Word select all the text in that cell? I'm using a template that's
already in place in each cell, but in order to start typing I have
to first de-select the text by hitting the back arrow. Since there
are over 1,000 items in this table, I'd like to avoid this, at least
on this particular document. Can I change this? --
Terri



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Old May 11th, 2010, 10:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Terri N
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Default Don't want text selected when tabbing to next cell

Thanks, Jay, I'll give it a shot...!
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Terri


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Add this macro to your template, using the instructions at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm:

Sub NextCell()
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
End Sub

This should work in all versions of Word.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Terri N wrote:
P.S. I'm using Word 2003, if that makes a difference.

Is it possible to tab to the next cell of a table without having
Word select all the text in that cell? I'm using a template that's
already in place in each cell, but in order to start typing I have
to first de-select the text by hitting the back arrow. Since there
are over 1,000 items in this table, I'd like to avoid this, at least
on this particular document. Can I change this? --
Terri



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