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can't see cursor/selection in Word 2007 table
I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I
make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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can't see cursor/selection in Word 2007 table
I have this problem too, on at least 2 different computers. It's a file that
was started in 2003, though I don't know if that matters. No solution yet either, sorry! "cayce" wrote: I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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can't see cursor/selection in Word 2007 table
This is a known bug and has been reported. It happens when you have tables
in multiple columns and have heading rows repeated. It seems to affect only the first page of the table. There is no workaround that allows you to keep both the snaking columns and the repeated heading rows, unfortunately, though eliminating either one will fix the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "KurtisT" wrote in message ... I have this problem too, on at least 2 different computers. It's a file that was started in 2003, though I don't know if that matters. No solution yet either, sorry! "cayce" wrote: I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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can't see cursor/selection in Word 2007 table
There are actually a couple of workarounds. One is to work in Print Preview
mode with the Magnifier turned off (the magnifier is the annoying mouse pointer that makes you think you're limited to zooming the text in Print Preview mode, when in fact you can edit freely in that mode). This lets you work in WYSIWYG mode, and the selection and cursor location now display correctly. The other workaround--if you don't need to see the columns--is to switch to Draft or Web Layout view... do what needs to be done to the table, and then switch back to Print Layout view when you want to see what the document will look like. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is a known bug and has been reported. It happens when you have tables in multiple columns and have heading rows repeated. It seems to affect only the first page of the table. There is no workaround that allows you to keep both the snaking columns and the repeated heading rows, unfortunately, though eliminating either one will fix the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "KurtisT" wrote in message ... I have this problem too, on at least 2 different computers. It's a file that was started in 2003, though I don't know if that matters. No solution yet either, sorry! "cayce" wrote: I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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PS... As it turns out, once you switch into Print Preview mode and then back
to Print Layout view, the display bug appears to be suppressed for the balance of that editing session (i.e., until you close and reopen the document). So, you don't even have to work in Print Preview mode at all. Just switch into Print Preview mode and back to Print Layout view. To make Print Preview easier a while back, I added it to my QAT. If you put the Print Preview and Print Layout buttons side by size on the QAT, it is very easy to switch back and forth. Or... you could write a macro to quickly make the switch to "jiggle" the setting to allow correct display. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... There are actually a couple of workarounds. One is to work in Print Preview mode with the Magnifier turned off (the magnifier is the annoying mouse pointer that makes you think you're limited to zooming the text in Print Preview mode, when in fact you can edit freely in that mode). This lets you work in WYSIWYG mode, and the selection and cursor location now display correctly. The other workaround--if you don't need to see the columns--is to switch to Draft or Web Layout view... do what needs to be done to the table, and then switch back to Print Layout view when you want to see what the document will look like. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is a known bug and has been reported. It happens when you have tables in multiple columns and have heading rows repeated. It seems to affect only the first page of the table. There is no workaround that allows you to keep both the snaking columns and the repeated heading rows, unfortunately, though eliminating either one will fix the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "KurtisT" wrote in message ... I have this problem too, on at least 2 different computers. It's a file that was started in 2003, though I don't know if that matters. No solution yet either, sorry! "cayce" wrote: I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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PSS... I just discovered that the problem can revert during the same
session. But, re-jiggling Print Preview restores correct display (at least for a while... haven't figured out the trigger, but it might be the AutoRecover interval). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... PS... As it turns out, once you switch into Print Preview mode and then back to Print Layout view, the display bug appears to be suppressed for the balance of that editing session (i.e., until you close and reopen the document). So, you don't even have to work in Print Preview mode at all. Just switch into Print Preview mode and back to Print Layout view. To make Print Preview easier a while back, I added it to my QAT. If you put the Print Preview and Print Layout buttons side by size on the QAT, it is very easy to switch back and forth. Or... you could write a macro to quickly make the switch to "jiggle" the setting to allow correct display. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... There are actually a couple of workarounds. One is to work in Print Preview mode with the Magnifier turned off (the magnifier is the annoying mouse pointer that makes you think you're limited to zooming the text in Print Preview mode, when in fact you can edit freely in that mode). This lets you work in WYSIWYG mode, and the selection and cursor location now display correctly. The other workaround--if you don't need to see the columns--is to switch to Draft or Web Layout view... do what needs to be done to the table, and then switch back to Print Layout view when you want to see what the document will look like. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is a known bug and has been reported. It happens when you have tables in multiple columns and have heading rows repeated. It seems to affect only the first page of the table. There is no workaround that allows you to keep both the snaking columns and the repeated heading rows, unfortunately, though eliminating either one will fix the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "KurtisT" wrote in message ... I have this problem too, on at least 2 different computers. It's a file that was started in 2003, though I don't know if that matters. No solution yet either, sorry! "cayce" wrote: I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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can't see cursor/selection in Word 2007 table
All very interesting info, Herb. You might want to post this into the ESC
post in the private Word NG so it can be followed up on. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... PSS... I just discovered that the problem can revert during the same session. But, re-jiggling Print Preview restores correct display (at least for a while... haven't figured out the trigger, but it might be the AutoRecover interval). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... PS... As it turns out, once you switch into Print Preview mode and then back to Print Layout view, the display bug appears to be suppressed for the balance of that editing session (i.e., until you close and reopen the document). So, you don't even have to work in Print Preview mode at all. Just switch into Print Preview mode and back to Print Layout view. To make Print Preview easier a while back, I added it to my QAT. If you put the Print Preview and Print Layout buttons side by size on the QAT, it is very easy to switch back and forth. Or... you could write a macro to quickly make the switch to "jiggle" the setting to allow correct display. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... There are actually a couple of workarounds. One is to work in Print Preview mode with the Magnifier turned off (the magnifier is the annoying mouse pointer that makes you think you're limited to zooming the text in Print Preview mode, when in fact you can edit freely in that mode). This lets you work in WYSIWYG mode, and the selection and cursor location now display correctly. The other workaround--if you don't need to see the columns--is to switch to Draft or Web Layout view... do what needs to be done to the table, and then switch back to Print Layout view when you want to see what the document will look like. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is a known bug and has been reported. It happens when you have tables in multiple columns and have heading rows repeated. It seems to affect only the first page of the table. There is no workaround that allows you to keep both the snaking columns and the repeated heading rows, unfortunately, though eliminating either one will fix the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "KurtisT" wrote in message ... I have this problem too, on at least 2 different computers. It's a file that was started in 2003, though I don't know if that matters. No solution yet either, sorry! "cayce" wrote: I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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can't see cursor/selection in Word 2007 table
thanks Herb and Suzanne for giving this your best shot.
I gave up on the multicolumn approach in Word and copy/pasted from Excel instead into Word. I made the columns the length I needed in Excel and named the heading rows manually. It turned out to be the most troublefree solution and is producing a nice result. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: PSS... I just discovered that the problem can revert during the same session. But, re-jiggling Print Preview restores correct display (at least for a while... haven't figured out the trigger, but it might be the AutoRecover interval). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... PS... As it turns out, once you switch into Print Preview mode and then back to Print Layout view, the display bug appears to be suppressed for the balance of that editing session (i.e., until you close and reopen the document). So, you don't even have to work in Print Preview mode at all. Just switch into Print Preview mode and back to Print Layout view. To make Print Preview easier a while back, I added it to my QAT. If you put the Print Preview and Print Layout buttons side by size on the QAT, it is very easy to switch back and forth. Or... you could write a macro to quickly make the switch to "jiggle" the setting to allow correct display. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... There are actually a couple of workarounds. One is to work in Print Preview mode with the Magnifier turned off (the magnifier is the annoying mouse pointer that makes you think you're limited to zooming the text in Print Preview mode, when in fact you can edit freely in that mode). This lets you work in WYSIWYG mode, and the selection and cursor location now display correctly. The other workaround--if you don't need to see the columns--is to switch to Draft or Web Layout view... do what needs to be done to the table, and then switch back to Print Layout view when you want to see what the document will look like. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is a known bug and has been reported. It happens when you have tables in multiple columns and have heading rows repeated. It seems to affect only the first page of the table. There is no workaround that allows you to keep both the snaking columns and the repeated heading rows, unfortunately, though eliminating either one will fix the problem. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "KurtisT" wrote in message ... I have this problem too, on at least 2 different computers. It's a file that was started in 2003, though I don't know if that matters. No solution yet either, sorry! "cayce" wrote: I am using W2007 and cannot see the cursor in a table or selections when I make them inside the table. I do see changes I am making after the fact but it's hard to tell if I 'm in the right places. I created this table on a landscape page. It has continuous section breaks before and after the table since I wanted the table's 4 columns of info to repeat and spread across the width of the page. Has anyone else come across this and have a fix suggestion? |
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