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Jay,
Thanks. I will take your suggestions and try them.
John
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Hi John,
Yep, I meant a Word table.
First, before you do anything else, make a copy of the document and
store it in some other folder, so you have something to go back to if
you mess up.
First create the empty table. I would put it at the top of your
document, but it could be at the bottom or even in a new blank
document.
Select some part of the first column of text, making sure to include
the paragraph mark at the end of the last line (easier to do if you
click the ΒΆ button on the toolbar so you can see them). Either copy or
cut to the clipboard, and paste in the first cell. The paragraph marks
include the tab settings, so those will come along with the text.
Repeat as needed, starting a new row each time the stuff in the second
column needs to be aligned with it.
For some light reading, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...ableBasics.htm
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:05:06 -0800, "John"
wrote:
Jay,
I think that I misunderstood you. You meant to make the table in WORD.
Alright, I maintain my last question. How do I do this while keeping the
tabs in the left-most column intact?
JOHN
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:02 -0800, "John"
wrote:
Greetings,
I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document.
My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side
column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and
this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page
break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break
prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more
stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column,
and all gets confusing very quickly.
Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that
when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the
next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with
tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment?
I am frustrated!
Hi John,
This is an application for a table, not newspaper columns. Any time
you need things in one column to align vertically with things in
another column, a table is the only reasonable tool. Trying to do this
with newspaper columns *will* drive you crazy sooner, not later!
You can go into Format Borders and Shading to turn off the table's
borders, so it won't print them. Then you can toggle the dashed
gridlines on and off (Table Show/Hide Gridlines).
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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