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I need your help very much
Hi,
I need your help very much. I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows. I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the line between the 3rd and 4th columns making a slot between them. So I would like to have 2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side by side, with a slot between them. How to do it? If it is not possible to divide existing table like that, how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot between them? Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts I could make a frame around each part bur I don't know how to do it either. Please help me. Regards, Tom |
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I need your help very much
Hi,
I need your help very much. I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows. I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the line between the 3rd and 4th columns making a slot between them. So I would like to have 2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side by side, with a slot between them. How to do it? If it is not possible to divide existing table like that, how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot between them? Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts I could make a frame around each part bur I don't know how to do it either. Please help me. Sorry, I forgot to add that I use MS Word 97. I could use MS Word 2000 too. Regards Tom |
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You can create two tables side by side.
Create one table, by using the Insert table command and specifying the number of rows and columns. In the Insert Table Dialog Box that comes up, choose "Fixed column width," and specify a column width that will allow room to the right of that table for the second table. Then, create the second table below the first in the same manner. Once the second table is created, drag it by it's handle (the little box on the upper left outside the table; place your mouse over the table to see it if needed), and simply drag the table to it's location to the right of the first table. Another way to do this is to DRAW the two tables. Open the Tables toolbar (View/Toolbars/Tables and Borders), select Draw Toolbar and draw both tables exactly where you want them. Second way is probably easier because you don't have to estimate column widths before creating the table. -- William "Tom" wrote: Hi, I need your help very much. I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows. I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the line between the 3rd and 4th columns making a slot between them. So I would like to have 2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side by side, with a slot between them. How to do it? If it is not possible to divide existing table like that, how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot between them? Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts I could make a frame around each part bur I don't know how to do it either. Please help me. Regards, Tom |
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'Tom[_33_ Wrote: ;2683382'] Hi,- I need your help very much. I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows. I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the line between the 3rd and 4th columns making a slot between them. So I would like to have 2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side by side, with a slot between them. How to do it? If it is not possible to divide existing table like that, how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot between them? Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts I could make a frame around each part bur I don't know how to do it either. Please help me.- Sorry, I forgot to add that I use MS Word 97. I could use MS Word 2000 too. Regards Tom I think the easiest way is to add a column between the 3rd and 4th, and make this small, with all horizontal border lines invisible. You still have one table, but they appear like two. The advantage is you keep the rows side by side, and you can adjust the width of the "separator column". -- Henk57 |
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I need your help very much
I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows.
I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the line between the 3rd and 4th columns making a slot between them. So I would like to have 2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side by side, with a slot between them. How to do it? If it is not possible to divide existing table like that, how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot between them? Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts I could make a frame around each part bur I don't know how to do it either. Please help me.- Sorry, I forgot to add that I use MS Word 97. I could use MS Word 2000 too. I think the easiest way is to add a column between the 3rd and 4th, and make this small, with all horizontal border lines invisible. You still have one table, but they appear like two. The advantage is you keep the rows side by side, and you can adjust the width of the "separator column". Thank you very much. I like your solution, especially that I have problems with the solutions suggested by William. I sppose that his methods don't work with the Word 97. However I'll keep trying. Could you tell me how to make the horizontal border lines invisible? Regards Tom |
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I need your help very much
I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows.
I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the line between the 3rd and 4th columns making a slot between them. So I would like to have 2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side by side, with a slot between them. How to do it? If it is not possible to divide existing table like that, how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot between them? Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts I could make a frame around each part bur I don't know how to do it either. Please help me.- Sorry, I forgot to add that I use MS Word 97. I could use MS Word 2000 too. I think the easiest way is to add a column between the 3rd and 4th, and make this small, with all horizontal border lines invisible. You still have one table, but they appear like two. The advantage is you keep the rows side by side, and you can adjust the width of the "separator column". Thank you very much. I like your solution, especially that I have problems with the solutions suggested by William. I sppose that his methods don't work with the Word 97. However I'll keep trying. Could you tell me how to make the horizontal border lines invisible? I've already know how to do it. Thank once again to you and William. Best regards, Tom |
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You can create two tables side by side.
Create one table, by using the Insert table command and specifying the number of rows and columns. In the Insert Table Dialog Box that comes up, choose "Fixed column width," and specify a column width that will allow room to the right of that table for the second table. Then, create the second table below the first in the same manner. Once the second table is created, drag it by it's handle (the little box on the upper left outside the table; place your mouse over the table to see it if needed), and simply drag the table to it's location to the right of the first table. Another way to do this is to DRAW the two tables. Open the Tables toolbar (View/Toolbars/Tables and Borders), select Draw Toolbar and draw both tables exactly where you want them. Second way is probably easier because you don't have to estimate column widths before creating the table. -- William It seems a lot easier to create a single table and use a narrow, empty column for the "slot." That's what I did. However William's methods are surely smarter. Unfortunately I wasn't able to use them in Word 97. Regards, Tom |
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says... It seems a lot easier to create a single table and use a narrow, empty column for the "slot." That's what I did. However William's methods are surely smarter. Unfortunately I wasn't able to use them in Word 97. Regards, Tom You might want to upgrade, at least to Word 2003 (Word 2007 has essentially nothing to offer except a new visual interface). Word 97 is really behind the times! Microsoft does actually make real improvements, sometimes. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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For what you're trying to do, it would appear that an inserted borderless
column is sufficient. For future reference, however, a different method (which will work in Word 97) is to create two newspaper-style columns and put one table in each column. Whether you use this method or the other depends on whether or not you want the tables to be independent. If you want the rows in the two tables to be the same size, then the center borderless column is the way to go. If you want the rows in the two tables to be able to be sized independently, then using two separate tables is preferable. When you do use two separate tables, you can either create them as such from scratch, or you can divide an existing table by selecting the desired columns (the last three in this case) and dragging them to the second snaking column. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I need your help very much. I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows. I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the line between the 3rd and 4th columns making a slot between them. So I would like to have 2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side by side, with a slot between them. How to do it? If it is not possible to divide existing table like that, how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot between them? Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts I could make a frame around each part bur I don't know how to do it either. Please help me. Regards, Tom |
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