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Table Orientation in Word
I am writing a document - mainly text in portrait - that includes a large
table. By large I mean wide i.e. high number of columns. Normally I would insert a section break for the table and switch to landscape and then insert a section break afterwards. However, there is a need to preserve the headers and footers (due to the use of a logo that will not stretch in landscape). So, my question is: Is it possible to have a table "behave" like a table that has been rotated 90 degrees e.g. when I get to the end of the table and press tab a new row appears that is actually a column? Thanks in advance for your help Robin |
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Table Orientation in Word
Hi Robin,
The usual way of doing this is to use a landscape section for the table, and put the (rotated) header into a text on that page. Since you apparently don't want to do that, the other obvious option is to transpose the table's rows and columns and change the text direction to vertical. Cheers "Robin Hourican" wrote in message news I am writing a document - mainly text in portrait - that includes a large table. By large I mean wide i.e. high number of columns. Normally I would insert a section break for the table and switch to landscape and then insert a section break afterwards. However, there is a need to preserve the headers and footers (due to the use of a logo that will not stretch in landscape). So, my question is: Is it possible to have a table "behave" like a table that has been rotated 90 degrees e.g. when I get to the end of the table and press tab a new row appears that is actually a column? Thanks in advance for your help Robin |
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Table Orientation in Word
Thanks Marcopod
Is there an automatic function to transpose within Word? (I know you can do it in Excel.) Will the table then function appropriately? E.g. using the header row repeat command that will not be the first row, but the first column? Fingers crossed! "macropod" wrote: Hi Robin, The usual way of doing this is to use a landscape section for the table, and put the (rotated) header into a text on that page. Since you apparently don't want to do that, the other obvious option is to transpose the table's rows and columns and change the text direction to vertical. Cheers "Robin Hourican" wrote in message news I am writing a document - mainly text in portrait - that includes a large table. By large I mean wide i.e. high number of columns. Normally I would insert a section break for the table and switch to landscape and then insert a section break afterwards. However, there is a need to preserve the headers and footers (due to the use of a logo that will not stretch in landscape). So, my question is: Is it possible to have a table "behave" like a table that has been rotated 90 degrees e.g. when I get to the end of the table and press tab a new row appears that is actually a column? Thanks in advance for your help Robin |
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Table Orientation in Word
There is no such function in Word. You can transpose the data in Excel and
paste it back into Word, however. But see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...apeSection.htm for instructions to put a portrait header/footer on a landscape page. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Robin Hourican" wrote in message ... Thanks Marcopod Is there an automatic function to transpose within Word? (I know you can do it in Excel.) Will the table then function appropriately? E.g. using the header row repeat command that will not be the first row, but the first column? Fingers crossed! "macropod" wrote: Hi Robin, The usual way of doing this is to use a landscape section for the table, and put the (rotated) header into a text on that page. Since you apparently don't want to do that, the other obvious option is to transpose the table's rows and columns and change the text direction to vertical. Cheers "Robin Hourican" wrote in message news I am writing a document - mainly text in portrait - that includes a large table. By large I mean wide i.e. high number of columns. Normally I would insert a section break for the table and switch to landscape and then insert a section break afterwards. However, there is a need to preserve the headers and footers (due to the use of a logo that will not stretch in landscape). So, my question is: Is it possible to have a table "behave" like a table that has been rotated 90 degrees e.g. when I get to the end of the table and press tab a new row appears that is actually a column? Thanks in advance for your help Robin |
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