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How can I give a Title to a table?
I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to
stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. TIA, Max |
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Max,
Most probably you have applied "Space After" in the paragraph preceeding your table. Put your cursor in the offending paragraph and press Ctrl+Q. That should put the space after at 0pt. Luc "Max" schreef in bericht ... I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. TIA, Max |
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Or there is Space Before in the table's heading row.
-- 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. "Luc" wrote in message ... Max, Most probably you have applied "Space After" in the paragraph preceeding your table. Put your cursor in the offending paragraph and press Ctrl+Q. That should put the space after at 0pt. Luc "Max" schreef in bericht ... I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. TIA, Max |
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Hmm, I must be doing something wrong. I put the cursor in the center of the
words, hit Ctrl+Q, and my title was left-justified, lol. Then I tried "highlighting" the title in question, hit Ctrl+Q and the same thing happened. Next, I wanted to verify the paragraph formatting; it is indeed already set at 0 points, and single spaced. Just to make sure, I re-formatted both the preceding paragraph, the empty line following, and the next line with the title, to zero points and single spacing. Oddly enough, I have another table inserted, a few lines further ahead, and that appears as I want it to. I don't believe I did anything differently for the second table. Frustrating, this is. Now what? Thanks again, Max "Luc" luc."sanders2" wrote: Max, Most probably you have applied "Space After" in the paragraph preceeding your table. Put your cursor in the offending paragraph and press Ctrl+Q. That should put the space after at 0pt. Luc "Max" schreef in bericht ... I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. TIA, Max |
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I even went back and made sure that the Widow/Orphan control was checked.
There is no space before or after any of the items, except the one blank space (actually it's a blank line I used the 'enter/return' key to create) after the paragraph & before the title line, because that one extra space gives the appearance that the title belongs more to the table that follows it, rather than the paragraph preceding it. It's not the end of the world to have it the way it is, I am just a bit fussy when it comes to how I want my work to be perceived. It bugs me that I can't do what I want, and bugs me even more that it is inconsistent with the same concept further on in the same document. It tends to make people think that I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to word processing, tsk. Like I said, not the end of the world, but it goes against the image I want to project. Thanks again, Max "Max" wrote: Hmm, I must be doing something wrong. I put the cursor in the center of the words, hit Ctrl+Q, and my title was left-justified, lol. Then I tried "highlighting" the title in question, hit Ctrl+Q and the same thing happened. Next, I wanted to verify the paragraph formatting; it is indeed already set at 0 points, and single spaced. Just to make sure, I re-formatted both the preceding paragraph, the empty line following, and the next line with the title, to zero points and single spacing. Oddly enough, I have another table inserted, a few lines further ahead, and that appears as I want it to. I don't believe I did anything differently for the second table. Frustrating, this is. Now what? Thanks again, Max "Luc" luc."sanders2" wrote: Max, Most probably you have applied "Space After" in the paragraph preceeding your table. Put your cursor in the offending paragraph and press Ctrl+Q. That should put the space after at 0pt. Luc "Max" schreef in bericht ... I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. TIA, Max |
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You need to have a specific Table Title style, and it needs to have Space
Before (*don't* use an extra paragraph to create this space), and it needs to be formatted as "Keep with next" so it will stay with the table. If the table headings are set to Bottom alignment, especially if the heading row is set to an Exact height, and/or if the Table Heading style has some Space Before, then these could all contribute to extra space between the table and its title. -- 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. "Max" wrote in message ... I even went back and made sure that the Widow/Orphan control was checked. There is no space before or after any of the items, except the one blank space (actually it's a blank line I used the 'enter/return' key to create) after the paragraph & before the title line, because that one extra space gives the appearance that the title belongs more to the table that follows it, rather than the paragraph preceding it. It's not the end of the world to have it the way it is, I am just a bit fussy when it comes to how I want my work to be perceived. It bugs me that I can't do what I want, and bugs me even more that it is inconsistent with the same concept further on in the same document. It tends to make people think that I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to word processing, tsk. Like I said, not the end of the world, but it goes against the image I want to project. Thanks again, Max "Max" wrote: Hmm, I must be doing something wrong. I put the cursor in the center of the words, hit Ctrl+Q, and my title was left-justified, lol. Then I tried "highlighting" the title in question, hit Ctrl+Q and the same thing happened. Next, I wanted to verify the paragraph formatting; it is indeed already set at 0 points, and single spaced. Just to make sure, I re-formatted both the preceding paragraph, the empty line following, and the next line with the title, to zero points and single spacing. Oddly enough, I have another table inserted, a few lines further ahead, and that appears as I want it to. I don't believe I did anything differently for the second table. Frustrating, this is. Now what? Thanks again, Max "Luc" luc."sanders2" wrote: Max, Most probably you have applied "Space After" in the paragraph preceeding your table. Put your cursor in the offending paragraph and press Ctrl+Q. That should put the space after at 0pt. Luc "Max" schreef in bericht ... I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. TIA, Max |
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Another approach that I use in the same situation is to take the top row,
merge all of the cells within the row, make the left, right, and top borders invisible and use that as the title row, which guarantees that the title remains attached. The only possible downside is that if your table breaks across pages and you want the heading row to repeat, you will have to select the two top rows (the title row and the column header row), meaning that the title row will repeate on each new page as well. "Max" wrote: I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. TIA, Max |
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Here's something I just thought to check. I went into the document and
clicked on "Show/Hide". Much to my surprise, the two tables show different formatting, but I don't know how to fix it. The first table shows the "Show/Hide" paragraph symbols at the beginning of each line of the table, where the second table does not. Wonder why that is? I am pretty sure I used the same keystrokes when filling in the info in the cells. It's just frustrating. --Max |
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Thanks again, Suzanne and Ken, but this is still puzzling me. I have checked
the formatting to be sure that it is *Keep with next*. But how do I format it as a formalized Table Title Style with Space Before and Bottom Alignment? Is that part of Table Properties? --Max |
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Max wrote:
I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. I'm a little surprised nobody else mentioned this, but ... Have you tried formatting the title with the Format / Paragraph option, "Keep with Next?" I use Word 2000 but that function is so useful I can't imagine that it has been changed since then. You would also want to make sure that the paragraph before the title does not have this formatting. -- Steven "You can fix it on the drawing board with an eraser or you can fix it on the site with a sledgehammer." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Yes. It didn't change the look. Guess I'll just have to live with it. I am
just fed up over what seems to be such a simple concept. --Max "Steven Marzuola (remove wax and invalid" wrote: Max wrote: I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. I'm a little surprised nobody else mentioned this, but ... Have you tried formatting the title with the Format / Paragraph option, "Keep with Next?" I use Word 2000 but that function is so useful I can't imagine that it has been changed since then. You would also want to make sure that the paragraph before the title does not have this formatting. -- Steven "You can fix it on the drawing board with an eraser or you can fix it on the site with a sledgehammer." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Delete the empty paragraphs in the top row and you're home and dry.
-- 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. "Max" wrote in message ... Here's something I just thought to check. I went into the document and clicked on "Show/Hide". Much to my surprise, the two tables show different formatting, but I don't know how to fix it. The first table shows the "Show/Hide" paragraph symbols at the beginning of each line of the table, where the second table does not. Wonder why that is? I am pretty sure I used the same keystrokes when filling in the info in the cells. It's just frustrating. --Max |
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Bottom alignment would apply to the table heading row. If you want to create
a Table Title style, you can just format a paragraph the way you want the style to look (including center alignment, Space Before, KWN, etc.), then choose Format | Style | New in Word 2000 or earlier, or New Style in the Styles & Formatting task pane in Word 2002/2003. -- 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. "Max" wrote in message ... Thanks again, Suzanne and Ken, but this is still puzzling me. I have checked the formatting to be sure that it is *Keep with next*. But how do I format it as a formalized Table Title Style with Space Before and Bottom Alignment? Is that part of Table Properties? --Max |
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Max wrote:
"Steven Marzuola (remove wax and invalid" wrote: Max wrote: I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. I'm a little surprised nobody else mentioned this, but ... Have you tried formatting the title with the Format / Paragraph option, "Keep with Next?" I use Word 2000 but that function is so useful I can't imagine that it has been changed since then. You would also want to make sure that the paragraph before the title does not have this formatting. Yes. It didn't change the look. Guess I'll just have to live with it. I am just fed up over what seems to be such a simple concept. I guess I'm confused ... can you post a screenshot somewhere showing what you mean? What you want has to be possible, even though it can be frustrating. From http://word.mvps.org: "Word rarely misses an opportunity to perplex" -- Steven |
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If you do post a screen shot, may I suggest that you enable the display of
nonprinting characters and text boundaries? This is very helpful in troubleshooting a document based on appearance alone. -- 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. "Steven Marzuola (remove wax and invalid for reply)" wrote in message ... Max wrote: "Steven Marzuola (remove wax and invalid" wrote: Max wrote: I want to place a title on the line preceding the table, but I want it to stay and look "attached" to the table like a caption. The way it is, the Title is on a separate line, and when I can't close up the space between the title and the table. The title looks like it "belongs" to the preceding paragraph, and not to the table that it is supposed to. I'm a little surprised nobody else mentioned this, but ... Have you tried formatting the title with the Format / Paragraph option, "Keep with Next?" I use Word 2000 but that function is so useful I can't imagine that it has been changed since then. You would also want to make sure that the paragraph before the title does not have this formatting. Yes. It didn't change the look. Guess I'll just have to live with it. I am just fed up over what seems to be such a simple concept. I guess I'm confused ... can you post a screenshot somewhere showing what you mean? What you want has to be possible, even though it can be frustrating. From http://word.mvps.org: "Word rarely misses an opportunity to perplex" -- Steven |
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