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Columns with pictures & footnotes that stay on the same side
I have an unusual formatting situation - I have a memoir written by my Danish Great Grandfather and I want to present the translation in the left column and the English translation on the right. I also want to include footnotes and insert pictures throughout that help illustrate parts of the memoir. I essentially want each column to not do an automatic column break but continue on the same side for subsequent pages. Then, the original text and the English translation would appear on their own sides through subsequent pages. I want to insert pictures in "artistic" ways on the pages and have the text surround the picture wherever I may place it (in the middle or off-center on the page of two columns). I've investigated three options: columns, tables, text boxes. Columns requires that I keep fiddling with manual pagination and putting in column breaks - a pain in the neck. Tables work well, but I can only put the pictures in one column or the other and I can't put them where they might span columns. Text boxes requires that I put text boxes on multiple pages (the text could span up to 30 pages), but then I can't use footnotes in text boxes. Anyone have any suggestions on how I might solve my problem and get everything I want? Would I be better served using Publisher (does it handle footnotes) or another product that does everything I want? Thanks, Steve -- sjschmidtky |
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Publisher cannot handle footnotes. In Word 2000 and above, you can put
wrapped graphics in a table with text in more than one cell wrapped around them. Table columns are definitely the way to go for this. -- 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. "sjschmidtky" wrote in message ... I have an unusual formatting situation - I have a memoir written by my Danish Great Grandfather and I want to present the translation in the left column and the English translation on the right. I also want to include footnotes and insert pictures throughout that help illustrate parts of the memoir. I essentially want each column to not do an automatic column break but continue on the same side for subsequent pages. Then, the original text and the English translation would appear on their own sides through subsequent pages. I want to insert pictures in "artistic" ways on the pages and have the text surround the picture wherever I may place it (in the middle or off-center on the page of two columns). I've investigated three options: columns, tables, text boxes. Columns requires that I keep fiddling with manual pagination and putting in column breaks - a pain in the neck. Tables work well, but I can only put the pictures in one column or the other and I can't put them where they might span columns. Text boxes requires that I put text boxes on multiple pages (the text could span up to 30 pages), but then I can't use footnotes in text boxes. Anyone have any suggestions on how I might solve my problem and get everything I want? Would I be better served using Publisher (does it handle footnotes) or another product that does everything I want? Thanks, Steve -- sjschmidtky |
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Hi Suzanne-
I was intrigued by your reply, as I have tried to do this and have had no success at all. Any actual wrap option forces the image to be confined within a single cell. The only options that permit it to overlap a cell wall are 'Behind' or 'In Front' of the text. In either case, there is no real 'wrapping' of the text at all. The text overprints the image or the image overprints the text. If you catch this, please share the technique with me. Thanx a bunch |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Publisher cannot handle footnotes. In Word 2000 and above, you can put wrapped graphics in a table with text in more than one cell wrapped around them. Table columns are definitely the way to go for this. -- 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. "sjschmidtky" wrote in message ... I have an unusual formatting situation - I have a memoir written by my Danish Great Grandfather and I want to present the translation in the left column and the English translation on the right. I also want to include footnotes and insert pictures throughout that help illustrate parts of the memoir. I essentially want each column to not do an automatic column break but continue on the same side for subsequent pages. Then, the original text and the English translation would appear on their own sides through subsequent pages. I want to insert pictures in "artistic" ways on the pages and have the text surround the picture wherever I may place it (in the middle or off-center on the page of two columns). I've investigated three options: columns, tables, text boxes. Columns requires that I keep fiddling with manual pagination and putting in column breaks - a pain in the neck. Tables work well, but I can only put the pictures in one column or the other and I can't put them where they might span columns. Text boxes requires that I put text boxes on multiple pages (the text could span up to 30 pages), but then I can't use footnotes in text boxes. Anyone have any suggestions on how I might solve my problem and get everything I want? Would I be better served using Publisher (does it handle footnotes) or another product that does everything I want? Thanks, Steve -- sjschmidtky |
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Sadly, it would appear that you are correct. I was incorrectly remembering
an illustration in some MS training docs for Word 2000, but on reviewing the illustration (after my attempts to reproduce what I remembered had failed), I see that I had remembered it incorrectly. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne- I was intrigued by your reply, as I have tried to do this and have had no success at all. Any actual wrap option forces the image to be confined within a single cell. The only options that permit it to overlap a cell wall are 'Behind' or 'In Front' of the text. In either case, there is no real 'wrapping' of the text at all. The text overprints the image or the image overprints the text. If you catch this, please share the technique with me. Thanx a bunch |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Publisher cannot handle footnotes. In Word 2000 and above, you can put wrapped graphics in a table with text in more than one cell wrapped around them. Table columns are definitely the way to go for this. -- 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. "sjschmidtky" wrote in message ... I have an unusual formatting situation - I have a memoir written by my Danish Great Grandfather and I want to present the translation in the left column and the English translation on the right. I also want to include footnotes and insert pictures throughout that help illustrate parts of the memoir. I essentially want each column to not do an automatic column break but continue on the same side for subsequent pages. Then, the original text and the English translation would appear on their own sides through subsequent pages. I want to insert pictures in "artistic" ways on the pages and have the text surround the picture wherever I may place it (in the middle or off-center on the page of two columns). I've investigated three options: columns, tables, text boxes. Columns requires that I keep fiddling with manual pagination and putting in column breaks - a pain in the neck. Tables work well, but I can only put the pictures in one column or the other and I can't put them where they might span columns. Text boxes requires that I put text boxes on multiple pages (the text could span up to 30 pages), but then I can't use footnotes in text boxes. Anyone have any suggestions on how I might solve my problem and get everything I want? Would I be better served using Publisher (does it handle footnotes) or another product that does everything I want? Thanks, Steve -- sjschmidtky |
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Hi Suzanne-
Thanks for the response. I was just hoping you had another of those "Mystical MVP Tricks" to share ... Been driving myself nutz trying to figure that one out. Regards |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sadly, it would appear that you are correct. I was incorrectly remembering an illustration in some MS training docs for Word 2000, but on reviewing the illustration (after my attempts to reproduce what I remembered had failed), I see that I had remembered it incorrectly. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne- I was intrigued by your reply, as I have tried to do this and have had no success at all. Any actual wrap option forces the image to be confined within a single cell. The only options that permit it to overlap a cell wall are 'Behind' or 'In Front' of the text. In either case, there is no real 'wrapping' of the text at all. The text overprints the image or the image overprints the text. If you catch this, please share the technique with me. Thanx a bunch |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Publisher cannot handle footnotes. In Word 2000 and above, you can put wrapped graphics in a table with text in more than one cell wrapped around them. Table columns are definitely the way to go for this. -- 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. "sjschmidtky" wrote in message ... I have an unusual formatting situation - I have a memoir written by my Danish Great Grandfather and I want to present the translation in the left column and the English translation on the right. I also want to include footnotes and insert pictures throughout that help illustrate parts of the memoir. I essentially want each column to not do an automatic column break but continue on the same side for subsequent pages. Then, the original text and the English translation would appear on their own sides through subsequent pages. I want to insert pictures in "artistic" ways on the pages and have the text surround the picture wherever I may place it (in the middle or off-center on the page of two columns). I've investigated three options: columns, tables, text boxes. Columns requires that I keep fiddling with manual pagination and putting in column breaks - a pain in the neck. Tables work well, but I can only put the pictures in one column or the other and I can't put them where they might span columns. Text boxes requires that I put text boxes on multiple pages (the text could span up to 30 pages), but then I can't use footnotes in text boxes. Anyone have any suggestions on how I might solve my problem and get everything I want? Would I be better served using Publisher (does it handle footnotes) or another product that does everything I want? Thanks, Steve -- sjschmidtky |
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Well, it seems like something you *ought* to be able to do!
-- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne- Thanks for the response. I was just hoping you had another of those "Mystical MVP Tricks" to share ... Been driving myself nutz trying to figure that one out. Regards |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sadly, it would appear that you are correct. I was incorrectly remembering an illustration in some MS training docs for Word 2000, but on reviewing the illustration (after my attempts to reproduce what I remembered had failed), I see that I had remembered it incorrectly. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne- I was intrigued by your reply, as I have tried to do this and have had no success at all. Any actual wrap option forces the image to be confined within a single cell. The only options that permit it to overlap a cell wall are 'Behind' or 'In Front' of the text. In either case, there is no real 'wrapping' of the text at all. The text overprints the image or the image overprints the text. If you catch this, please share the technique with me. Thanx a bunch |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Publisher cannot handle footnotes. In Word 2000 and above, you can put wrapped graphics in a table with text in more than one cell wrapped around them. Table columns are definitely the way to go for this. -- 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. "sjschmidtky" wrote in message ... I have an unusual formatting situation - I have a memoir written by my Danish Great Grandfather and I want to present the translation in the left column and the English translation on the right. I also want to include footnotes and insert pictures throughout that help illustrate parts of the memoir. I essentially want each column to not do an automatic column break but continue on the same side for subsequent pages. Then, the original text and the English translation would appear on their own sides through subsequent pages. I want to insert pictures in "artistic" ways on the pages and have the text surround the picture wherever I may place it (in the middle or off-center on the page of two columns). I've investigated three options: columns, tables, text boxes. Columns requires that I keep fiddling with manual pagination and putting in column breaks - a pain in the neck. Tables work well, but I can only put the pictures in one column or the other and I can't put them where they might span columns. Text boxes requires that I put text boxes on multiple pages (the text could span up to 30 pages), but then I can't use footnotes in text boxes. Anyone have any suggestions on how I might solve my problem and get everything I want? Would I be better served using Publisher (does it handle footnotes) or another product that does everything I want? Thanks, Steve -- sjschmidtky |
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