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Are tools available to easily design tables for a novice?
My friend started a new job and is required to create different style tables,
including clip art, banners, etc for multiple managers. These tables could contain meeting minutes, inventory, personnel, schedules and the managers want various formats, i.e. an angled heading. She is not familiar with all capabilities of Microsoft Word and is finding it frustrating redesigning each table from scratch. Are there any shortcuts or tools that might help her be more productive, rather than re-inventing the wheel each time? For example, in Excel, I know I can enter data in rows and columns and then select the type of chart or graph to represent that data. I do not have to design that graph. Is there a similar capability in Word, or is Excel the product that she should be using? |
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Are tools available to easily design tables for a novice?
If she needs angled headings, then it is Excel that will have to be used as
Word does not have that capability. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Wordtablehelp2313" wrote in message ... My friend started a new job and is required to create different style tables, including clip art, banners, etc for multiple managers. These tables could contain meeting minutes, inventory, personnel, schedules and the managers want various formats, i.e. an angled heading. She is not familiar with all capabilities of Microsoft Word and is finding it frustrating redesigning each table from scratch. Are there any shortcuts or tools that might help her be more productive, rather than re-inventing the wheel each time? For example, in Excel, I know I can enter data in rows and columns and then select the type of chart or graph to represent that data. I do not have to design that graph. Is there a similar capability in Word, or is Excel the product that she should be using? |
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Are tools available to easily design tables for a novice?
She might try playing with Table | Table AutoFormat; in Word 2002 and 2003,
modified table AutoFormats can be saved as "table styles." And yes, sample tables (with graphics and dummy text if desired) can be saved as AutoText entries. -- 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. "Wordtablehelp2313" wrote in message ... My friend started a new job and is required to create different style tables, including clip art, banners, etc for multiple managers. These tables could contain meeting minutes, inventory, personnel, schedules and the managers want various formats, i.e. an angled heading. She is not familiar with all capabilities of Microsoft Word and is finding it frustrating redesigning each table from scratch. Are there any shortcuts or tools that might help her be more productive, rather than re-inventing the wheel each time? For example, in Excel, I know I can enter data in rows and columns and then select the type of chart or graph to represent that data. I do not have to design that graph. Is there a similar capability in Word, or is Excel the product that she should be using? |
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