A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Word » Formatting Long Documents
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

Numbering images in a table cell



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old February 18th, 2010, 07:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Twayne[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 135
Default Numbering images in a table cell

HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs, numbering
and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to sell for
our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a list of serialized
labels to be attached to the backs of the buttons, but that's a bit of labor
it seems like we should be able to avoid.

So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized number into a Table
Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons are used for
drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized numbers
for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the graphic is something i
can't seem to do. One always displaces the other since one is text and the
other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for 10,000
buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to display
on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an image
format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that programmatically
either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or over/under
the image because it's round in shape and decreases the real estate
available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne



  #2  
Old February 18th, 2010, 08:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Suzanne S. Barnhill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31,786
Default Numbering images in a table cell

You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text boxes (No
Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in the text boxes.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs, numbering
and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to sell
for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a list of
serialized labels to be attached to the backs of the buttons, but that's a
bit of labor it seems like we should be able to avoid.

So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized number into a Table
Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons are used for
drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized numbers
for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the graphic is something
i can't seem to do. One always displaces the other since one is text and
the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for 10,000
buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an image
format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or over/under
the image because it's round in shape and decreases the real estate
available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne





  #3  
Old February 18th, 2010, 11:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Twayne[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 135
Default Numbering images in a table cell

In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text boxes
(No Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in the text
boxes.


I tried putting the image behind the text and it works on a one-cell at a
time basis, but ... I couldn't find a way to format the whole table that way
all at once. As soon as I select multiple cells, I no longer have th Layout
tab to put the image behind the text. That's using format; picture; and the
Layout tab.
Format Picture just doesn't seem to be available with multi-cell
selections.
Is there a better way I haven't tought of? Historically when I have
probles with things lke this it'll be something pretty basic I miss out on,
if that helps any.

I didn't try very hard with text boxes & SEQ fields because I ran into
the same problem as above: As soon as I select multiple cells, the Layout
tab disappears and the output jumps over to beside the image again. I'll go
back and do some more looking around there.

Any chance you could clarify this further? I'm doing my experiments with
only 9 cells but the final product is going to ba 10,000 cells, or perhaps
some subets of them that will total 10k.

Regards,

Twayne`





"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs,
numbering and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to
sell for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a
list of serialized labels to be attached to the backs of the
buttons, but that's a bit of labor it seems like we should be able
to avoid. So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized number
into a
Table Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons
are used for drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized
numbers for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the
graphic is something i can't seem to do. One always displaces the
other since one is text and the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for
10,000 buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an
image format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or
over/under the image because it's round in shape and decreases the
real estate available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne


  #4  
Old February 19th, 2010, 12:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Suzanne S. Barnhill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31,786
Default Numbering images in a table cell

For this application I'd suggest mail merge. Create an Excel data source
containing the numbers and then create a "label" document with the nine
images and text boxes containing the merge field. Complete the merge to get
however many sheets of labels you need. If you need to restart numbering for
additional sets, this is pretty easy to do in Excel as well. But also see
http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm.

Actually, I suspect that a mail merge might work better with the merge field
NOT in a text box. It's not that much trouble to format the image as Behind
Text one at a time for nine cells, but also see
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text boxes
(No Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in the text
boxes.


I tried putting the image behind the text and it works on a one-cell at a
time basis, but ... I couldn't find a way to format the whole table that
way all at once. As soon as I select multiple cells, I no longer have th
Layout tab to put the image behind the text. That's using format; picture;
and the Layout tab.
Format Picture just doesn't seem to be available with multi-cell
selections.
Is there a better way I haven't tought of? Historically when I have
probles with things lke this it'll be something pretty basic I miss out
on, if that helps any.

I didn't try very hard with text boxes & SEQ fields because I ran into
the same problem as above: As soon as I select multiple cells, the Layout
tab disappears and the output jumps over to beside the image again. I'll
go back and do some more looking around there.

Any chance you could clarify this further? I'm doing my experiments with
only 9 cells but the final product is going to ba 10,000 cells, or perhaps
some subets of them that will total 10k.

Regards,

Twayne`





"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs,
numbering and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to
sell for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a
list of serialized labels to be attached to the backs of the
buttons, but that's a bit of labor it seems like we should be able
to avoid. So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized number
into a
Table Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons
are used for drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized
numbers for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the
graphic is something i can't seem to do. One always displaces the
other since one is text and the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for
10,000 buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an
image format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or
over/under the image because it's round in shape and decreases the
real estate available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne



  #5  
Old February 19th, 2010, 06:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Twayne[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 135
Default Numbering images in a table cell

In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
For this application I'd suggest mail merge. Create an Excel data
source containing the numbers and then create a "label" document with
the nine images and text boxes containing the merge field. Complete
the merge to get however many sheets of labels you need. If you need
to restart numbering for additional sets, this is pretty easy to do
in Excel as well. But also see
http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm.
Actually, I suspect that a mail merge might work better with the
merge field NOT in a text box. It's not that much trouble to format
the image as Behind Text one at a time for nine cells, but also see
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm


I agree, for 9 cells it's no problem at all. But as I said, that's just my
practice sheet; the final project has 10,000+ serialized buttons! That's a
tad bit more work :-).
I think merge-field has a good chance of working if only I can get all
the cells formatted properly but I can't seem to, in Word, Excel, Writer or
Calc. I thought maybe Copy/paste Format might be the ticket, but I can't
seem to get it to work.
Thanks for any further thoughts/ideas you or anyone else might have. I
have until the shipment of labels arrives to figure something out; then I'll
have to start the print runs. They're due Tuesday AM so at least I have
the weekend to fiddle with it.

Regards,

Twayne`








"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text boxes
(No Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in the text
boxes.


I tried putting the image behind the text and it works on a one-cell
at a time basis, but ... I couldn't find a way to format the whole
table that way all at once. As soon as I select multiple cells, I no
longer have th Layout tab to put the image behind the text. That's
using format; picture; and the Layout tab.
Format Picture just doesn't seem to be available with multi-cell
selections.
Is there a better way I haven't tought of? Historically when I have
probles with things lke this it'll be something pretty basic I miss
out on, if that helps any.

I didn't try very hard with text boxes & SEQ fields because I ran
into the same problem as above: As soon as I select multiple cells,
the Layout tab disappears and the output jumps over to beside the
image again. I'll go back and do some more looking around there.

Any chance you could clarify this further? I'm doing my experiments
with only 9 cells but the final product is going to ba 10,000 cells,
or perhaps some subets of them that will total 10k.

Regards,

Twayne`





"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs,
numbering and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to
sell for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a
list of serialized labels to be attached to the backs of the
buttons, but that's a bit of labor it seems like we should be able
to avoid. So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized
number into a
Table Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons
are used for drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized
numbers for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the
graphic is something i can't seem to do. One always displaces the
other since one is text and the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for
10,000 buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an
image format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or
over/under the image because it's round in shape and decreases the
real estate available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne



  #6  
Old February 19th, 2010, 08:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Suzanne S. Barnhill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31,786
Default Numbering images in a table cell

If you use the directions at http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm to
insert your image Behind Text in each label and then place your merge field
centered horizontally and vertically in the cell, it should work. It's just
a matter of generating the numbers in Excel as a data source.

If you need further help setting up a label merge, see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
For this application I'd suggest mail merge. Create an Excel data
source containing the numbers and then create a "label" document with
the nine images and text boxes containing the merge field. Complete
the merge to get however many sheets of labels you need. If you need
to restart numbering for additional sets, this is pretty easy to do
in Excel as well. But also see
http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm.
Actually, I suspect that a mail merge might work better with the
merge field NOT in a text box. It's not that much trouble to format
the image as Behind Text one at a time for nine cells, but also see
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm


I agree, for 9 cells it's no problem at all. But as I said, that's just my
practice sheet; the final project has 10,000+ serialized buttons! That's
a tad bit more work :-).
I think merge-field has a good chance of working if only I can get all
the cells formatted properly but I can't seem to, in Word, Excel, Writer
or Calc. I thought maybe Copy/paste Format might be the ticket, but I
can't seem to get it to work.
Thanks for any further thoughts/ideas you or anyone else might have. I
have until the shipment of labels arrives to figure something out; then
I'll have to start the print runs. They're due Tuesday AM so at least I
have the weekend to fiddle with it.

Regards,

Twayne`








"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text boxes
(No Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in the text
boxes.

I tried putting the image behind the text and it works on a one-cell
at a time basis, but ... I couldn't find a way to format the whole
table that way all at once. As soon as I select multiple cells, I no
longer have th Layout tab to put the image behind the text. That's
using format; picture; and the Layout tab.
Format Picture just doesn't seem to be available with multi-cell
selections.
Is there a better way I haven't tought of? Historically when I have
probles with things lke this it'll be something pretty basic I miss
out on, if that helps any.

I didn't try very hard with text boxes & SEQ fields because I ran
into the same problem as above: As soon as I select multiple cells,
the Layout tab disappears and the output jumps over to beside the
image again. I'll go back and do some more looking around there.

Any chance you could clarify this further? I'm doing my experiments
with only 9 cells but the final product is going to ba 10,000 cells,
or perhaps some subets of them that will total 10k.

Regards,

Twayne`





"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs,
numbering and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to
sell for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a
list of serialized labels to be attached to the backs of the
buttons, but that's a bit of labor it seems like we should be able
to avoid. So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized
number into a
Table Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons
are used for drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized
numbers for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the
graphic is something i can't seem to do. One always displaces the
other since one is text and the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for
10,000 buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an
image format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or
over/under the image because it's round in shape and decreases the
real estate available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne





  #7  
Old February 20th, 2010, 08:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Graham Mayor
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 18,297
Default Numbering images in a table cell

See also http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you use the directions at http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm
to insert your image Behind Text in each label and then place your merge
field centered horizontally and vertically in the cell, it should work.
It's just a matter of generating the numbers in Excel as a data source.

If you need further help setting up a label merge, see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
For this application I'd suggest mail merge. Create an Excel data
source containing the numbers and then create a "label" document with
the nine images and text boxes containing the merge field. Complete
the merge to get however many sheets of labels you need. If you need
to restart numbering for additional sets, this is pretty easy to do
in Excel as well. But also see
http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm.
Actually, I suspect that a mail merge might work better with the
merge field NOT in a text box. It's not that much trouble to format
the image as Behind Text one at a time for nine cells, but also see
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm


I agree, for 9 cells it's no problem at all. But as I said, that's just
my practice sheet; the final project has 10,000+ serialized buttons!
That's a tad bit more work :-).
I think merge-field has a good chance of working if only I can get all
the cells formatted properly but I can't seem to, in Word, Excel, Writer
or Calc. I thought maybe Copy/paste Format might be the ticket, but I
can't seem to get it to work.
Thanks for any further thoughts/ideas you or anyone else might have. I
have until the shipment of labels arrives to figure something out; then
I'll have to start the print runs. They're due Tuesday AM so at least I
have the weekend to fiddle with it.

Regards,

Twayne`








"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text boxes
(No Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in the text
boxes.

I tried putting the image behind the text and it works on a one-cell
at a time basis, but ... I couldn't find a way to format the whole
table that way all at once. As soon as I select multiple cells, I no
longer have th Layout tab to put the image behind the text. That's
using format; picture; and the Layout tab.
Format Picture just doesn't seem to be available with multi-cell
selections.
Is there a better way I haven't tought of? Historically when I have
probles with things lke this it'll be something pretty basic I miss
out on, if that helps any.

I didn't try very hard with text boxes & SEQ fields because I ran
into the same problem as above: As soon as I select multiple cells,
the Layout tab disappears and the output jumps over to beside the
image again. I'll go back and do some more looking around there.

Any chance you could clarify this further? I'm doing my experiments
with only 9 cells but the final product is going to ba 10,000 cells,
or perhaps some subets of them that will total 10k.

Regards,

Twayne`





"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs,
numbering and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to
sell for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a
list of serialized labels to be attached to the backs of the
buttons, but that's a bit of labor it seems like we should be able
to avoid. So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized
number into a
Table Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons
are used for drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized
numbers for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the
graphic is something i can't seem to do. One always displaces the
other since one is text and the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for
10,000 buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an
image format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or
over/under the image because it's round in shape and decreases the
real estate available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne







  #8  
Old February 20th, 2010, 04:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Suzanne S. Barnhill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31,786
Default Numbering images in a table cell

I referred him to that a couple of messages back, which you'll see if you
scroll down, but sometimes repetition is necessary. g

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
See also http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you use the directions at http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm
to insert your image Behind Text in each label and then place your merge
field centered horizontally and vertically in the cell, it should work.
It's just a matter of generating the numbers in Excel as a data source.

If you need further help setting up a label merge, see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
For this application I'd suggest mail merge. Create an Excel data
source containing the numbers and then create a "label" document with
the nine images and text boxes containing the merge field. Complete
the merge to get however many sheets of labels you need. If you need
to restart numbering for additional sets, this is pretty easy to do
in Excel as well. But also see
http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm.
Actually, I suspect that a mail merge might work better with the
merge field NOT in a text box. It's not that much trouble to format
the image as Behind Text one at a time for nine cells, but also see
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

I agree, for 9 cells it's no problem at all. But as I said, that's just
my practice sheet; the final project has 10,000+ serialized buttons!
That's a tad bit more work :-).
I think merge-field has a good chance of working if only I can get all
the cells formatted properly but I can't seem to, in Word, Excel, Writer
or Calc. I thought maybe Copy/paste Format might be the ticket, but I
can't seem to get it to work.
Thanks for any further thoughts/ideas you or anyone else might have. I
have until the shipment of labels arrives to figure something out; then
I'll have to start the print runs. They're due Tuesday AM so at least
I have the weekend to fiddle with it.

Regards,

Twayne`








"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text boxes
(No Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in the text
boxes.

I tried putting the image behind the text and it works on a one-cell
at a time basis, but ... I couldn't find a way to format the whole
table that way all at once. As soon as I select multiple cells, I no
longer have th Layout tab to put the image behind the text. That's
using format; picture; and the Layout tab.
Format Picture just doesn't seem to be available with multi-cell
selections.
Is there a better way I haven't tought of? Historically when I have
probles with things lke this it'll be something pretty basic I miss
out on, if that helps any.

I didn't try very hard with text boxes & SEQ fields because I ran
into the same problem as above: As soon as I select multiple cells,
the Layout tab disappears and the output jumps over to beside the
image again. I'll go back and do some more looking around there.

Any chance you could clarify this further? I'm doing my experiments
with only 9 cells but the final product is going to ba 10,000 cells,
or perhaps some subets of them that will total 10k.

Regards,

Twayne`





"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs,
numbering and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons to
sell for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also print a
list of serialized labels to be attached to the backs of the
buttons, but that's a bit of labor it seems like we should be able
to avoid. So instead, what I'd like to do is put the serialized
number into a
Table Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized buttons
are used for drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create serialized
numbers for each table cell, getting it to live on top of the
graphic is something i can't seem to do. One always displaces the
other since one is text and the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement for
10,000 buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it manuallyG!

Does anyone have any idea how I could get an incrementing number to
display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an
image format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or
over/under the image because it's round in shape and decreases the
real estate available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne







  #9  
Old February 20th, 2010, 07:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs,microsoft.public.word.numbering,microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Twayne[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 135
Default Numbering images in a table cell

Well, I'll keep trying; mail-merge isn't my strong point, but I already have
a mail-merge I used to create the separate lables we used previously and
manually attached to the backs of the buttons. I'll probably be back!

Regards,

Twayne`




In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
If you use the directions at
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm to insert your image
Behind Text in each label and then place your merge field centered
horizontally and vertically in the cell, it should work. It's just a
matter of generating the numbers in Excel as a data source.
If you need further help setting up a label merge, see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm


"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
For this application I'd suggest mail merge. Create an Excel data
source containing the numbers and then create a "label" document
with the nine images and text boxes containing the merge field.
Complete the merge to get however many sheets of labels you need.
If you need to restart numbering for additional sets, this is
pretty easy to do in Excel as well. But also see
http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm.
Actually, I suspect that a mail merge might work better with the
merge field NOT in a text box. It's not that much trouble to format
the image as Behind Text one at a time for nine cells, but also see
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm


I agree, for 9 cells it's no problem at all. But as I said, that's
just my practice sheet; the final project has 10,000+ serialized
buttons! That's a tad bit more work :-).
I think merge-field has a good chance of working if only I can get
all the cells formatted properly but I can't seem to, in Word,
Excel, Writer or Calc. I thought maybe Copy/paste Format might be
the ticket, but I can't seem to get it to work.
Thanks for any further thoughts/ideas you or anyone else might
have. I have until the shipment of labels arrives to figure
something out; then I'll have to start the print runs. They're due
Tuesday AM so at least I have the weekend to fiddle with it.

Regards,

Twayne`








"Twayne" wrote in message
...
In ,
Suzanne S. Barnhill typed:
You can either have the image Behind Text, or you can add text
boxes (No Line, No Fill) on top of the images. Put SEQ fields in
the text boxes.

I tried putting the image behind the text and it works on a
one-cell at a time basis, but ... I couldn't find a way to format
the whole table that way all at once. As soon as I select multiple
cells, I no longer have th Layout tab to put the image behind the
text. That's using format; picture; and the Layout tab.
Format Picture just doesn't seem to be available with multi-cell
selections.
Is there a better way I haven't tought of? Historically when I
have probles with things lke this it'll be something pretty basic
I miss out on, if that helps any.

I didn't try very hard with text boxes & SEQ fields because I ran
into the same problem as above: As soon as I select multiple cells,
the Layout tab disappears and the output jumps over to beside the
image again. I'll go back and do some more looking around there.

Any chance you could clarify this further? I'm doing my
experiments with only 9 cells but the final product is going to ba
10,000 cells, or perhaps some subets of them that will total 10k.

Regards,

Twayne`





"Twayne" wrote in message
...
HI all,

XP Pro SP3 + updates, Office 2002. And crossposted to longdocs,
numbering and pagelayout:

My "great idea" sort of fizzled on meg! I'm creating buttons
to sell for our Labor Day Parade this year. NOrmally I also
print a list of serialized labels to be attached to the backs of
the buttons, but that's a bit of labor it seems like we should
be able to avoid. So instead, what I'd like to do is put the
serialized number into a
Table Cell, displayed on top of the image. The serialized
buttons are used for drawings, etc., during the celebrations.
Unfortunately, although it's fairly trivial to create
serialized numbers for each table cell, getting it to live on
top of the graphic is something i can't seem to do. One always
displaces the other since one is text and the other graphic.
At 6 button artworks per Letter Size sheet and a requirement
for 10,000 buttons, you can see why I don't want to do it
manuallyG! Does anyone have any idea how I could get an
incrementing number
to display on top of the image in each cell?
I've also considered some way to convert the text numbers to an
image format after they were created, but I can't seem to do that
programmatically either.
And the committee would rather not see the number beside or
over/under the image because it's round in shape and decreases
the real estate available for the image on the button.

Any leads, thoughts or methods would be most appreciated,

Twayne


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:33 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.