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Table Column Width lost when pasting
In Microsoft Word 2000 I want to be able to select several table columns of
different widths, copy them and paste them to the right side. When I do this, the width of each column is changed and it looks bad and is a pain to fix it all. If I paste it below the original… no problem the columns stay exactly the right width. In Microsoft Excel I can select the entire columns by selecting column A, B, C etc. and paste to the right and it will keep the column width exactly and perfectly intact. Is this possible in a table using Microsoft Word 2000? Thanks, Quin |
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Table Column Width lost when pasting
Is there sufficient space to the right of the table for the extra pasted
columns to fit? It's been a while since I used Word 2000, but I seem to recall that you could only fit tables between the margins. Excel does not have this restriction. Word 2003 will not change the columns either, but what won't fit disappears off the edge of the screen. Try formatting the columns table autofit fixed column width before you copy and paste. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Quin wrote: In Microsoft Word 2000 I want to be able to select several table columns of different widths, copy them and paste them to the right side. When I do this, the width of each column is changed and it looks bad and is a pain to fix it all. If I paste it below the original. no problem the columns stay exactly the right width. In Microsoft Excel I can select the entire columns by selecting column A, B, C etc. and paste to the right and it will keep the column width exactly and perfectly intact. Is this possible in a table using Microsoft Word 2000? Thanks, Quin |
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Table Column Width lost when pasting
Yes, there is sufficient space to the right of the table. Try this... Make
a table with two columns and one row. Make the first column one inch wide, the second only one half inch wide. Now select both columns, copy both columns, position the insertion point to the right side of the existing two columns, then paste. Now you have one row with four columns but the second two that you just pasted are not the same width as the two you just copied! If you place the insertion point below the origional two columns and paste they will retain their size. What can I do to keep the column width information intact when I paste additional columns to the right? Can this be accomplished with ANY version of word? I will get an upgrade if I have to! I really need this to work Quin "Graham Mayor" wrote: Is there sufficient space to the right of the table for the extra pasted columns to fit? It's been a while since I used Word 2000, but I seem to recall that you could only fit tables between the margins. Excel does not have this restriction. Word 2003 will not change the columns either, but what won't fit disappears off the edge of the screen. Try formatting the columns table autofit fixed column width before you copy and paste. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Quin wrote: In Microsoft Word 2000 I want to be able to select several table columns of different widths, copy them and paste them to the right side. When I do this, the width of each column is changed and it looks bad and is a pain to fix it all. If I paste it below the original. no problem the columns stay exactly the right width. In Microsoft Excel I can select the entire columns by selecting column A, B, C etc. and paste to the right and it will keep the column width exactly and perfectly intact. Is this possible in a table using Microsoft Word 2000? Thanks, Quin |
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Table Column Width lost when pasting
OK, I see your point - and no the later Word versions will not help with
this. Frankly I can't see a way of doing this in Word, but you could do it in Excel then link the table into Word using a Link field { LINK Excel.Sheet.8 Book1 Sheet1!R1C1:R9C4 \a \f 4 \h } The above example inserts 9 rows of cols 1 to 4. To widen the table by two columns change C4 to C6 To add rows change R9. Then update the field (F9) As long as the target sheet has the columns formatted as you want them, the table will reflect that in Word. This also has the advantage that calculations are easier to achieve in an Excel table. I concede it's a little more work, than cut & paste but it will get round your problem. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Quin wrote: Yes, there is sufficient space to the right of the table. Try this... Make a table with two columns and one row. Make the first column one inch wide, the second only one half inch wide. Now select both columns, copy both columns, position the insertion point to the right side of the existing two columns, then paste. Now you have one row with four columns but the second two that you just pasted are not the same width as the two you just copied! If you place the insertion point below the origional two columns and paste they will retain their size. What can I do to keep the column width information intact when I paste additional columns to the right? Can this be accomplished with ANY version of word? I will get an upgrade if I have to! I really need this to work Quin "Graham Mayor" wrote: Is there sufficient space to the right of the table for the extra pasted columns to fit? It's been a while since I used Word 2000, but I seem to recall that you could only fit tables between the margins. Excel does not have this restriction. Word 2003 will not change the columns either, but what won't fit disappears off the edge of the screen. Try formatting the columns table autofit fixed column width before you copy and paste. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Quin wrote: In Microsoft Word 2000 I want to be able to select several table columns of different widths, copy them and paste them to the right side. When I do this, the width of each column is changed and it looks bad and is a pain to fix it all. If I paste it below the original. no problem the columns stay exactly the right width. In Microsoft Excel I can select the entire columns by selecting column A, B, C etc. and paste to the right and it will keep the column width exactly and perfectly intact. Is this possible in a table using Microsoft Word 2000? Thanks, Quin |
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