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alignment of cells in Word 2000
I have a table in Word 2000 (data copied from Excel, if that makes a
difference), all text, but I cannot get the text in each cell to align with the cell above it. Subsequent cells are just (very) slightly 'off' so that when I print without the table borders, the 'columns' appear jagged on the LHS. I have cleared all tabs, checked for left-over spaces, checked for no spacing before and after paragraphs, aligned them again and again, etc. but cannot get the clean look I want. Any suggestions? |
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alignment of cells in Word 2000
Under Table Properties, Options, ensure that both "Allow Spacing between
cells" and "Automatically resize to fit contents" are not checked. Also have you tried the Distribute Columns Evenly button on the Tables toolbar? This should help get the cell borders connected to each other hopefully. You can do this in groups of two columns at a time if you don't want the whole table distributed evenly. Hope this helps DeanH "bevaau" wrote: I have a table in Word 2000 (data copied from Excel, if that makes a difference), all text, but I cannot get the text in each cell to align with the cell above it. Subsequent cells are just (very) slightly 'off' so that when I print without the table borders, the 'columns' appear jagged on the LHS. I have cleared all tabs, checked for left-over spaces, checked for no spacing before and after paragraphs, aligned them again and again, etc. but cannot get the clean look I want. Any suggestions? |
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Thank you but that didn't work either! I have neither "allow spacing" nor
"automatically resize" checked (should I have at least one?) and I tried "distribute columns evenly" but I can still see the uneven cell borders. I did notice that when I click the side border of the cells to move it, trying to align all the cell borders, it only moves in 'jumps' not smoothly. Does that makes sense? Almost like it is set somewhere to 'align to the grid' - although I don't know that that exists in Word. This is big document (about 100 pages A4) and I really need it to look 'good' when it is done. Thank you for your help. "DeanH" wrote: Under Table Properties, Options, ensure that both "Allow Spacing between cells" and "Automatically resize to fit contents" are not checked. Also have you tried the Distribute Columns Evenly button on the Tables toolbar? This should help get the cell borders connected to each other hopefully. You can do this in groups of two columns at a time if you don't want the whole table distributed evenly. Hope this helps DeanH "bevaau" wrote: I have a table in Word 2000 (data copied from Excel, if that makes a difference), all text, but I cannot get the text in each cell to align with the cell above it. Subsequent cells are just (very) slightly 'off' so that when I print without the table borders, the 'columns' appear jagged on the LHS. I have cleared all tabs, checked for left-over spaces, checked for no spacing before and after paragraphs, aligned them again and again, etc. but cannot get the clean look I want. Any suggestions? |
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I tend not to have either of these boxes checked. The "allow space between" I
only ever use for aesthetic reasons and only if the client wants it. I never use "auto resize" as this only resizes horizontally which negates any attempt to format the table nicely. Dragging the cell horizontal border will jump to a grid that is "built-in" to Word and is independant to the Grid function under the Drawing menu. Using the Alt-drag will allow non-jumping adjustments of the borders. This is very useful but may not fully solve your problem as this function does not ensure that the borders "connect together" in alignment. Using the grid jump to get the boders to connect is sometimes the only way to get the "little so-and-so's" to behave, ie move one border to a jump position, then move the one below to the same jump position, then move them together back to where you want them. When you did all the format and spacing checks did you also check that the cell vertical alignment and internal margins are the same for the whole table? This can be check under Table, Table Properties, Cell, check that there is one of the Vertical alignment boxes selected, if not it means that not all of the cells are in the same alignment. The Options button here will show if all the cells in the table have the same internal margins, if any of the four selection boxes is not populated, again this indicates that all the cells are not the same. FYI the "Same as the whole table" tick box is controled by the settings in the Table, Table Properties, Table tab, Options dialog. It may get to the point where you may want to start from a clean slate with this table. You could select the whole table, then use the Table to Text, Tab sperators, then convert back to a table. At least it will be a clean starting point for you. Lets hope you don't have to resort to this. :-) Hope this helps DeanH "bevaau" wrote: Thank you but that didn't work either! I have neither "allow spacing" nor "automatically resize" checked (should I have at least one?) and I tried "distribute columns evenly" but I can still see the uneven cell borders. I did notice that when I click the side border of the cells to move it, trying to align all the cell borders, it only moves in 'jumps' not smoothly. Does that makes sense? Almost like it is set somewhere to 'align to the grid' - although I don't know that that exists in Word. This is big document (about 100 pages A4) and I really need it to look 'good' when it is done. Thank you for your help. "DeanH" wrote: Under Table Properties, Options, ensure that both "Allow Spacing between cells" and "Automatically resize to fit contents" are not checked. Also have you tried the Distribute Columns Evenly button on the Tables toolbar? This should help get the cell borders connected to each other hopefully. You can do this in groups of two columns at a time if you don't want the whole table distributed evenly. Hope this helps DeanH "bevaau" wrote: I have a table in Word 2000 (data copied from Excel, if that makes a difference), all text, but I cannot get the text in each cell to align with the cell above it. Subsequent cells are just (very) slightly 'off' so that when I print without the table borders, the 'columns' appear jagged on the LHS. I have cleared all tabs, checked for left-over spaces, checked for no spacing before and after paragraphs, aligned them again and again, etc. but cannot get the clean look I want. Any suggestions? |
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Thanks for all your suggestions - but none of them did the job! In the end, I
did the table-to-text then text-to-table (with plenty of backups first!) which seems to have fixed it. But it would have been nice to know how to avoid it next time. Many thanks, Bevaau "DeanH" wrote: I tend not to have either of these boxes checked. The "allow space between" I only ever use for aesthetic reasons and only if the client wants it. I never use "auto resize" as this only resizes horizontally which negates any attempt to format the table nicely. Dragging the cell horizontal border will jump to a grid that is "built-in" to Word and is independant to the Grid function under the Drawing menu. Using the Alt-drag will allow non-jumping adjustments of the borders. This is very useful but may not fully solve your problem as this function does not ensure that the borders "connect together" in alignment. Using the grid jump to get the boders to connect is sometimes the only way to get the "little so-and-so's" to behave, ie move one border to a jump position, then move the one below to the same jump position, then move them together back to where you want them. When you did all the format and spacing checks did you also check that the cell vertical alignment and internal margins are the same for the whole table? This can be check under Table, Table Properties, Cell, check that there is one of the Vertical alignment boxes selected, if not it means that not all of the cells are in the same alignment. The Options button here will show if all the cells in the table have the same internal margins, if any of the four selection boxes is not populated, again this indicates that all the cells are not the same. FYI the "Same as the whole table" tick box is controled by the settings in the Table, Table Properties, Table tab, Options dialog. It may get to the point where you may want to start from a clean slate with this table. You could select the whole table, then use the Table to Text, Tab sperators, then convert back to a table. At least it will be a clean starting point for you. Lets hope you don't have to resort to this. :-) Hope this helps DeanH "bevaau" wrote: Thank you but that didn't work either! I have neither "allow spacing" nor "automatically resize" checked (should I have at least one?) and I tried "distribute columns evenly" but I can still see the uneven cell borders. I did notice that when I click the side border of the cells to move it, trying to align all the cell borders, it only moves in 'jumps' not smoothly. Does that makes sense? Almost like it is set somewhere to 'align to the grid' - although I don't know that that exists in Word. This is big document (about 100 pages A4) and I really need it to look 'good' when it is done. Thank you for your help. "DeanH" wrote: Under Table Properties, Options, ensure that both "Allow Spacing between cells" and "Automatically resize to fit contents" are not checked. Also have you tried the Distribute Columns Evenly button on the Tables toolbar? This should help get the cell borders connected to each other hopefully. You can do this in groups of two columns at a time if you don't want the whole table distributed evenly. Hope this helps DeanH "bevaau" wrote: I have a table in Word 2000 (data copied from Excel, if that makes a difference), all text, but I cannot get the text in each cell to align with the cell above it. Subsequent cells are just (very) slightly 'off' so that when I print without the table borders, the 'columns' appear jagged on the LHS. I have cleared all tabs, checked for left-over spaces, checked for no spacing before and after paragraphs, aligned them again and again, etc. but cannot get the clean look I want. Any suggestions? |
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