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Not your average Word column question - help!
Greetings,
I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document. My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column, and all gets confusing very quickly. Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment? I am frustrated! |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:02 -0800, "John"
wrote: Greetings, I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document. My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column, and all gets confusing very quickly. Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment? I am frustrated! Hi John, This is an application for a table, not newspaper columns. Any time you need things in one column to align vertically with things in another column, a table is the only reasonable tool. Trying to do this with newspaper columns *will* drive you crazy sooner, not later! You can go into Format Borders and Shading to turn off the table's borders, so it won't print them. Then you can toggle the dashed gridlines on and off (Table Show/Hide Gridlines). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Yeh, but what do you do after you have already discovered this limitation to
WORD? Can the formated columns (about seven deep) be imported into EXCEL, while maintaining the spacings? I tried it the other day, and it was a mess! John "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:02 -0800, "John" wrote: Greetings, I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document. My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column, and all gets confusing very quickly. Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment? I am frustrated! Hi John, This is an application for a table, not newspaper columns. Any time you need things in one column to align vertically with things in another column, a table is the only reasonable tool. Trying to do this with newspaper columns *will* drive you crazy sooner, not later! You can go into Format Borders and Shading to turn off the table's borders, so it won't print them. Then you can toggle the dashed gridlines on and off (Table Show/Hide Gridlines). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Jay,
I think that I misunderstood you. You meant to make the table in WORD. Alright, I maintain my last question. How do I do this while keeping the tabs in the left-most column intact? JOHN "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:02 -0800, "John" wrote: Greetings, I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document. My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column, and all gets confusing very quickly. Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment? I am frustrated! Hi John, This is an application for a table, not newspaper columns. Any time you need things in one column to align vertically with things in another column, a table is the only reasonable tool. Trying to do this with newspaper columns *will* drive you crazy sooner, not later! You can go into Format Borders and Shading to turn off the table's borders, so it won't print them. Then you can toggle the dashed gridlines on and off (Table Show/Hide Gridlines). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Hi John,
Yep, I meant a Word table. First, before you do anything else, make a copy of the document and store it in some other folder, so you have something to go back to if you mess up. First create the empty table. I would put it at the top of your document, but it could be at the bottom or even in a new blank document. Select some part of the first column of text, making sure to include the paragraph mark at the end of the last line (easier to do if you click the ¶ button on the toolbar so you can see them). Either copy or cut to the clipboard, and paste in the first cell. The paragraph marks include the tab settings, so those will come along with the text. Repeat as needed, starting a new row each time the stuff in the second column needs to be aligned with it. For some light reading, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...ableBasics.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:05:06 -0800, "John" wrote: Jay, I think that I misunderstood you. You meant to make the table in WORD. Alright, I maintain my last question. How do I do this while keeping the tabs in the left-most column intact? JOHN "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:02 -0800, "John" wrote: Greetings, I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document. My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column, and all gets confusing very quickly. Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment? I am frustrated! Hi John, This is an application for a table, not newspaper columns. Any time you need things in one column to align vertically with things in another column, a table is the only reasonable tool. Trying to do this with newspaper columns *will* drive you crazy sooner, not later! You can go into Format Borders and Shading to turn off the table's borders, so it won't print them. Then you can toggle the dashed gridlines on and off (Table Show/Hide Gridlines). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Jay,
Thanks. I will take your suggestions and try them. John "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi John, Yep, I meant a Word table. First, before you do anything else, make a copy of the document and store it in some other folder, so you have something to go back to if you mess up. First create the empty table. I would put it at the top of your document, but it could be at the bottom or even in a new blank document. Select some part of the first column of text, making sure to include the paragraph mark at the end of the last line (easier to do if you click the ¶ button on the toolbar so you can see them). Either copy or cut to the clipboard, and paste in the first cell. The paragraph marks include the tab settings, so those will come along with the text. Repeat as needed, starting a new row each time the stuff in the second column needs to be aligned with it. For some light reading, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...ableBasics.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:05:06 -0800, "John" wrote: Jay, I think that I misunderstood you. You meant to make the table in WORD. Alright, I maintain my last question. How do I do this while keeping the tabs in the left-most column intact? JOHN "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:02 -0800, "John" wrote: Greetings, I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document. My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column, and all gets confusing very quickly. Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment? I am frustrated! Hi John, This is an application for a table, not newspaper columns. Any time you need things in one column to align vertically with things in another column, a table is the only reasonable tool. Trying to do this with newspaper columns *will* drive you crazy sooner, not later! You can go into Format Borders and Shading to turn off the table's borders, so it won't print them. Then you can toggle the dashed gridlines on and off (Table Show/Hide Gridlines). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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You may also find that Word can do a surprisingly good job of conversion if
you use Table | Convert | Text to Table. In this case you'd need to do a little preparation. 1. Select the text in the first column and use Find and Replace to find ^p and replace with ^t^p. This adds a tab character at the end of every paragraph. 2. With the text still selected, insert a tab stop far enough to the right to clear the text. 3. Change the number of columns to 1. 4. With the Alt key depressed, drag to select the text that used to be in the second column. 5. Drag it up beside the first-column text. If you had the text aligned in the columns, it should be realigned by this method and will be ready to be converted to a two-column table, separating text at tabs. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi John, Yep, I meant a Word table. First, before you do anything else, make a copy of the document and store it in some other folder, so you have something to go back to if you mess up. First create the empty table. I would put it at the top of your document, but it could be at the bottom or even in a new blank document. Select some part of the first column of text, making sure to include the paragraph mark at the end of the last line (easier to do if you click the ¶ button on the toolbar so you can see them). Either copy or cut to the clipboard, and paste in the first cell. The paragraph marks include the tab settings, so those will come along with the text. Repeat as needed, starting a new row each time the stuff in the second column needs to be aligned with it. For some light reading, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...ableBasics.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:05:06 -0800, "John" wrote: Jay, I think that I misunderstood you. You meant to make the table in WORD. Alright, I maintain my last question. How do I do this while keeping the tabs in the left-most column intact? JOHN "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:02 -0800, "John" wrote: Greetings, I understand how to insert a page break and column break in a Word document. My application is to make an outline that is indented on the left side column, and to place the time allotted to it in the right hand column, and this will carry through all pages. One way to do this is to insert a page break when I reach the bottom of the page, and then insert a column break prior to that. This appears to fit the bill, but what if I want to add more stuff in either column? The page starts to wrap around to the other column, and all gets confusing very quickly. Is there a pleasant way to keep adding data to the left-hand while, so that when you run out of space, the column structure will be maintained on the next page? If not, how else can one make a formatted column on one side with tasks and another column on the right side, with time allotment? I am frustrated! Hi John, This is an application for a table, not newspaper columns. Any time you need things in one column to align vertically with things in another column, a table is the only reasonable tool. Trying to do this with newspaper columns *will* drive you crazy sooner, not later! You can go into Format Borders and Shading to turn off the table's borders, so it won't print them. Then you can toggle the dashed gridlines on and off (Table Show/Hide Gridlines). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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