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How to print from specific table cell?
I'm still trying to figure out how to get Word 2002 to print from a specific
cell within a table (eg, page 4, col 2, row 3) either forward - to the end of the document - or through a certain spot (eg, page 6, col 1, row 2). I have a number of WP users who miss this functionality in Word and numerous attempts to recreate this in Word have failed. Thanks in advance for any ideas, Mike |
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How to print from specific table cell?
Hi Mike,
I'm still trying to figure out how to get Word 2002 to print from a specific cell within a table (eg, page 4, col 2, row 3) either forward - to the end of the document - or through a certain spot (eg, page 6, col 1, row 2). I have a number of WP users who miss this functionality in Word and numerous attempts to recreate this in Word have failed. The closest Word would have would be the "Selection" option in the File/Print dialog box, although I don't know whether this would do such a good job with only parts of a table. The next best would be from page x to page y. Do the users really want to print just cells from a table? Or are they more trying to do something like print a particular set of labels? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How to print from specific table cell?
They're trying to print a specific group of labels. Part of the problem is
that we've switched from WP to Word, and this is one feature that several people miss from WP (WP treats labels as individual pages rather than a table, so printing from label x to y is easy). The only solution thus far is to highlight the labels you don't want to print and format the text as hidden - hardly a simple solution, especially if there's a large number of labels you don't want to print. If there was a way to design the labels to print as multiple pages (rather than a table) this might solve the problem, but the multi page features in Word are designed for booklets - there's not a way (that I've found) to specify the 'page' (eg, label) size. I've also not been able to find a label add-on that provides the options we're looking for; Payne Consulting has a Bates label tool, but that's designed for creating a specific kind of label and doesn't have any options for printing. Thanks again for any help. Mike "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000b574.006bf1aa@speedy... Hi Mike, I'm still trying to figure out how to get Word 2002 to print from a specific cell within a table (eg, page 4, col 2, row 3) either forward - to the end of the document - or through a certain spot (eg, page 6, col 1, row 2). I have a number of WP users who miss this functionality in Word and numerous attempts to recreate this in Word have failed. The closest Word would have would be the "Selection" option in the File/Print dialog box, although I don't know whether this would do such a good job with only parts of a table. The next best would be from page x to page y. Do the users really want to print just cells from a table? Or are they more trying to do something like print a particular set of labels? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi Mike,
Right. My inclination is to say: use mail merge. Before they can do that, the current label sheets will need to be modified so that there's only a single column. Best would probably be to create a table in a new document, with only one column, and copy/paste column-by-column. Then you'd need to set up a mail merge template for the label sheet. Use Tools/Mailings/Envelopes and Labels/Labels to create a new sheet of empty labels. Save this as a template, either in the Workgroup Templates location, if you use that, or in a central location so that each user can copy it to her machine (I'm inclined to say go this route if each uses her own set of labels). The template should then be linked up to the mail merge data source - the one-column table with the addresses, the single merge field (containing the entire address) inserted into the first table cell, "propogate" this to all the cells, save and close. Now the users can create a new document from the template whenever they want to print labels. From the recipients dialog box they can choose which labels they want to print "today". The nice thing about this is (and you do need a carrot to convince them this is "just as good", right :-)?) the labels don't have to be contiguous. They can choose any combination they wish. They're trying to print a specific group of labels. Part of the problem is that we've switched from WP to Word, and this is one feature that several people miss from WP (WP treats labels as individual pages rather than a table, so printing from label x to y is easy). The only solution thus far is to highlight the labels you don't want to print and format the text as hidden - hardly a simple solution, especially if there's a large number of labels you don't want to print. If there was a way to design the labels to print as multiple pages (rather than a table) this might solve the problem, but the multi page features in Word are designed for booklets - there's not a way (that I've found) to specify the 'page' (eg, label) size. I've also not been able to find a label add-on that provides the options we're looking for; Payne Consulting has a Bates label tool, but that's designed for creating a specific kind of label and doesn't have any options for printing. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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