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I'm trying to do this:within a single paragraph, use both a
10 point font and 30 point font. The small font would go in the left half, the large font in the right half. Something like: (fixed forrnat) ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ XX ABCDEFGHIJ XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ ..... where the X is a 30 point Z, ABCD is 10 point characters. How to accomplish this? Do I need a desktop publishing program? I have access to Microsoft Publisher, but I don't look forward to the learning curve on that. -- Rich |
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Unless I'm misinterpreting your requirement, I'd say a two-cell unbordered
table would fill the bill. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "RichD" wrote in message ... I'm trying to do this:within a single paragraph, use both a 10 point font and 30 point font. The small font would go in the left half, the large font in the right half. Something like: (fixed forrnat) ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ XX ABCDEFGHIJ XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ .... where the X is a 30 point Z, ABCD is 10 point characters. How to accomplish this? Do I need a desktop publishing program? I have access to Microsoft Publisher, but I don't look forward to the learning curve on that. -- Rich |
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On Jun 18, 7:06*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Unless I'm misinterpreting your requirement, I'd say a two-cell unbordered table would fill the bill. I see, the cells would be side by side, each withs its own format. Thanks! Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program? -- Rich I'm trying to do this:within a single paragraph, use both a 10 point font and 30 point font. *The small font would go in the left half, the large font in the right half. Something like: *(fixed forrnat) ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ * * XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ * * * * *XX ABCDEFGHIJ * * XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ .... where the X is a 30 point Z, ABCD is 10 point characters. How to accomplish this? *Do I need a desktop publishing program? I have access to Microsoft Publisher, but I don't look forward to the learning curve on that. |
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You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a
header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? On Jun 23, 7:19*pm, RichD wrote: On Jun 18, 7:06*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless I'm misinterpreting your requirement, I'd say a two-cell unbordered table would fill the bill. I see, the cells would be side by side, each withs its own format. Thanks! Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? *I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. *On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? *Or do I need a desktop publishing program? -- Rich I'm trying to do this:within a single paragraph, use both a 10 point font and 30 point font. *The small font would go in the left half, the large font in the right half. Something like: *(fixed forrnat) ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ * * XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ * * * * *XX ABCDEFGHIJ * * XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ .... where the X is a 30 point Z, ABCD is 10 point characters. How to accomplish this? *Do I need a desktop publishing program? I have access to Microsoft Publisher, but I don't look forward to the learning curve on that.- |
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You can create a text box with No Fill and No Line and format it as In Front
of Text or Behind Text to get the layering you want. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "RichD" wrote in message ... On Jun 18, 7:06 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless I'm misinterpreting your requirement, I'd say a two-cell unbordered table would fill the bill. I see, the cells would be side by side, each withs its own format. Thanks! Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program? -- Rich I'm trying to do this:within a single paragraph, use both a 10 point font and 30 point font. The small font would go in the left half, the large font in the right half. Something like: (fixed forrnat) ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ XX ABCDEFGHIJ XXXXXX ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJ .... where the X is a 30 point Z, ABCD is 10 point characters. How to accomplish this? Do I need a desktop publishing program? I have access to Microsoft Publisher, but I don't look forward to the learning curve on that. |
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On Jun 23, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). ? Donīt follow this. Anyhow, I want it in the body, not a header. What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? Sort of. The large character would be a thin font, whille the underlying text would be bold, so the obscuring should be minor. -- Rich Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? *I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. *On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? *Or do I need a desktop publishing program? |
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On Jun 23, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
You can create a text box with No Fill and No Line and format it as In Front of Text or Behind Text to get the layering you want. Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type ? No comprendo. Can you recommend a book or web page that would explain this in more detail? -- Rich Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? *I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. *On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? *Or do I need a desktop publishing program? |
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With your cursor in a header, you draw your text box wherever you want
it. Suzanne suggests creating your text box while you're in the main text, but I've never been able to find a way to keep the text box and the main text properly aligned. Maybe if it's the very last change you make to the document. On Jun 25, 2:43*pm, RichD wrote: On Jun 23, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). ? Donīt follow this. Anyhow, I want it in the body, not a header. What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? Sort of. *The large character would be a thin font, whille the underlying text would be bold, so the obscuring should be minor. Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? *I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. *On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? *Or do I need a desktop publishing program?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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You can specify the position of the text box relative to the paragraph or a
single character in it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... With your cursor in a header, you draw your text box wherever you want it. Suzanne suggests creating your text box while you're in the main text, but I've never been able to find a way to keep the text box and the main text properly aligned. Maybe if it's the very last change you make to the document. On Jun 25, 2:43 pm, RichD wrote: On Jun 23, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). ? Donīt follow this. Anyhow, I want it in the body, not a header. What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? Sort of. The large character would be a thin font, whille the underlying text would be bold, so the obscuring should be minor. Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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I can provide further detail if you tell me which version of Word you're
using. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "RichD" wrote in message ... On Jun 23, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can create a text box with No Fill and No Line and format it as In Front of Text or Behind Text to get the layering you want. Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type ? No comprendo. Can you recommend a book or web page that would explain this in more detail? -- Rich Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program? |
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Yeah -- but if the reference paragraph or character moves, you're in
trouble! On Jun 25, 4:22*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can specify the position of the text box relative to the paragraph or a single character in it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... With your cursor in a header, you draw your text box wherever you want it. Suzanne suggests creating your text box while you're in the main text, but I've never been able to find a way to keep the text box and the main text properly aligned. Maybe if it's the very last change you make to the document. On Jun 25, 2:43 pm, RichD wrote: On Jun 23, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). ? Don t follow this. Anyhow, I want it in the body, not a header. What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? Sort of. The large character would be a thin font, whille the underlying text would be bold, so the obscuring should be minor. Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program?- |
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Not if your intention is to keep the text box in the same position relative
to the paragraph to which it is anchored. And if not, you can specify a position relative to the page or margins. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Yeah -- but if the reference paragraph or character moves, you're in trouble! On Jun 25, 4:22 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can specify the position of the text box relative to the paragraph or a single character in it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... With your cursor in a header, you draw your text box wherever you want it. Suzanne suggests creating your text box while you're in the main text, but I've never been able to find a way to keep the text box and the main text properly aligned. Maybe if it's the very last change you make to the document. On Jun 25, 2:43 pm, RichD wrote: On Jun 23, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). ? Don t follow this. Anyhow, I want it in the body, not a header. What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? Sort of. The large character would be a thin font, whille the underlying text would be bold, so the obscuring should be minor. Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program?- |
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If his paragraph breaks across pages, his text box doesn't!
On Jun 26, 8:38*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Not if your intention is to keep the text box in the same position relative to the paragraph to which it is anchored. And if not, you can specify a position relative to the page or margins. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... Yeah -- but if the reference paragraph or character moves, you're in trouble! On Jun 25, 4:22 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can specify the position of the text box relative to the paragraph or a single character in it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... With your cursor in a header, you draw your text box wherever you want it. Suzanne suggests creating your text box while you're in the main text, but I've never been able to find a way to keep the text box and the main text properly aligned. Maybe if it's the very last change you make to the document. On Jun 25, 2:43 pm, RichD wrote: On Jun 23, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). ? Don t follow this. Anyhow, I want it in the body, not a header. What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? Sort of. The large character would be a thin font, whille the underlying text would be bold, so the obscuring should be minor. Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program?-- |
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Well, I guess we don't know for sure what he's trying to do. If it's a
watermark sort of thing he wants, then he wants it to stay on a given page in a given location. If, as I originally assumed, he's trying to create a sort of graphic by superimposing text, then I would assume it's a fairly small block and needs to be kept together. He could ensure this by formatting the paragraph as "Keep lines together." We may never know, however, since he hasn't even come back to say what version of Word he has. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... If his paragraph breaks across pages, his text box doesn't! On Jun 26, 8:38 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Not if your intention is to keep the text box in the same position relative to the paragraph to which it is anchored. And if not, you can specify a position relative to the page or margins. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... Yeah -- but if the reference paragraph or character moves, you're in trouble! On Jun 25, 4:22 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can specify the position of the text box relative to the paragraph or a single character in it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... With your cursor in a header, you draw your text box wherever you want it. Suzanne suggests creating your text box while you're in the main text, but I've never been able to find a way to keep the text box and the main text properly aligned. Maybe if it's the very last change you make to the document. On Jun 25, 2:43 pm, RichD wrote: On Jun 23, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You could use a "watermark" (which is simply anchoring a graphic in a header, with the graphic being a text box placed where you want it). ? Don t follow this. Anyhow, I want it in the body, not a header. What do you mean by "on top of"? Do you want the big character to obscure the paragraph of small print? Sort of. The large character would be a thin font, whille the underlying text would be bold, so the obscuring should be minor. Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program?-- |
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On Jun 25, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I can provide further detail if you tell me which version of Word you're using. Microsoft Office Word 2003 Also, Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 -- Rich You can create a text box with No Fill and No Line and format it as In Front of Text or Behind Text to get the layering you want. ? No comprendo. Can you recommend a book or web page that would explain this in more detail? Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program? |
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Use Insert | Text Box to insert the text box (draw it to the desired size
and drag it to the desired location). Double-click on the hashed border of the box (or right-click and select Format Text Box). On the Colors and Lines tab, choose No Fill and No Line. Note that there will be an inner margin (if you have text boundaries displayed, you'll see it as a dotted line inside the dotted line indicating the outside of the box). You can change this on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box. On the Layout tab of the dialog, you can choose the desired wrapping (assumed to be In Front of Text); click Advanced to get to the Picture Position tab that allows you to specify the placement exactly relative to the paragraph it's anchored to, the margins, or the page. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "RichD" wrote in message ... On Jun 25, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I can provide further detail if you tell me which version of Word you're using. Microsoft Office Word 2003 Also, Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 -- Rich You can create a text box with No Fill and No Line and format it as In Front of Text or Behind Text to get the layering you want. ? No comprendo. Can you recommend a book or web page that would explain this in more detail? Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program? |
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On Jun 27, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Use Insert | Text Box to insert the text box (draw it to the desired size and drag it to the desired location). Double-click on the hashed border of the box (or right-click and select Format Text Box). On the Colors and Lines tab, choose No Fill and No Line. Note that there will be an inner margin (if you have text boundaries displayed, you'll see it as a dotted line inside the dotted line indicating the outside of the box). You can change this on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box. On the Layout tab of the dialog, you can choose the desired wrapping (assumed to be In Front of Text); click Advanced to get to the Picture Position tab that allows you to specify the placement exactly relative to the paragraph it's anchored to, the margins, or the page. Thanks, I would never have sussed that on my own. PS If Word can do all that, what do people use a desktop publishing program for? -- Rich I can provide further detail if you tell me which version of Word you're using. Microsoft Office Word 2003 Also, Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 You can create a text box with No Fill and No Line and format it as In Front of Text or Behind Text to get the layering you want. ? No comprendo. Can you recommend a book or web page that would explain this in more detail? Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program? |
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Word really isn't a page layout program. There are some things it doesn't
handle well at all, such as wrapping text around full-page illustrations (i.e., text on page 2 continuing on page 4 with a graphic on page 3). For that you do need a DTP app. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "RichD" wrote in message ... On Jun 27, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Use Insert | Text Box to insert the text box (draw it to the desired size and drag it to the desired location). Double-click on the hashed border of the box (or right-click and select Format Text Box). On the Colors and Lines tab, choose No Fill and No Line. Note that there will be an inner margin (if you have text boundaries displayed, you'll see it as a dotted line inside the dotted line indicating the outside of the box). You can change this on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box. On the Layout tab of the dialog, you can choose the desired wrapping (assumed to be In Front of Text); click Advanced to get to the Picture Position tab that allows you to specify the placement exactly relative to the paragraph it's anchored to, the margins, or the page. Thanks, I would never have sussed that on my own. PS If Word can do all that, what do people use a desktop publishing program for? -- Rich I can provide further detail if you tell me which version of Word you're using. Microsoft Office Word 2003 Also, Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 You can create a text box with No Fill and No Line and format it as In Front of Text or Behind Text to get the layering you want. ? No comprendo. Can you recommend a book or web page that would explain this in more detail? Another question, similar to the previous: does Word do overlays, for printing? I want to print a paragraph, with a small font. On top of that, I want a single, larger character, different font. I'm thinking of 2 Word files, aligned precisely, then send both to the printer, printed on a single page. Doable? Or do I need a desktop publishing program? |
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