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How to make words "straddle" two lines?
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Does anyone know a way to manipulate line spacing and character raising/lowering (and whatever other feature might work) to make words "straddle" two lines evenly? For example, say you want to show that the verb/predicate of the following sentence is the same irrespective of the subject (ignore the silliness of the example): He ran away. She If I want to place the "ran away" exactly between the "He" and "She" vertically, WITHOUT forcing the "She" to move down, how can I do so? I tried setting the line spacing (in the Paragraph dialog) to Exact and then lowering "ran away" in the Font dialog, but the bottom half of "ran away" disappears. Other combinations of line spacing and raising/lowering characters force the "She" line down, etc. These features likewise don't work if I start with three lines: He ran away. She I'd still like to have the whole thing basically single-spaced. The only thing that worked was a 2 x 2 table, with the two cells of the second column (containing "ran away") merged and set to Center Vertically. This is cumbersome, especially fine-tuning the width of table cells. Is there any way to do this without resorting to a table? Thanks. |
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How to make words "straddle" two lines?
You could type "He" on one line, "She" on the next line, and "ran away"
in a text box, right-click on the text box and format it with "in front of text" text wrapping style, and then hold down the Alt key and drag the text box to the desired position relative to the two lines you first typed. wal wrote: Word 2003 Does anyone know a way to manipulate line spacing and character raising/lowering (and whatever other feature might work) to make words "straddle" two lines evenly? For example, say you want to show that the verb/predicate of the following sentence is the same irrespective of the subject (ignore the silliness of the example): He ran away. She If I want to place the "ran away" exactly between the "He" and "She" vertically, WITHOUT forcing the "She" to move down, how can I do so? I tried setting the line spacing (in the Paragraph dialog) to Exact and then lowering "ran away" in the Font dialog, but the bottom half of "ran away" disappears. Other combinations of line spacing and raising/lowering characters force the "She" line down, etc. These features likewise don't work if I start with three lines: He ran away. She I'd still like to have the whole thing basically single-spaced. The only thing that worked was a 2 x 2 table, with the two cells of the second column (containing "ran away") merged and set to Center Vertically. This is cumbersome, especially fine-tuning the width of table cells. Is there any way to do this without resorting to a table? Thanks. |
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How to make words "straddle" two lines?
You might also experiment with the FormatPhoneticGuide command. It can be
used to build an EQ field that saves a fair amount of experimention. To use this command, use Tools - Customize - Keyboard (All commands), and assign FormatPhoneticGuide (FPG) to a keystroke (you could put it onto a toolbar or menu, instead if you like). Select the base word, then press your FPG key. A dialog will guide you through the setup. If you need it in a box, you can apply border formatting just to the target words. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could type "He" on one line, "She" on the next line, and "ran away" in a text box, right-click on the text box and format it with "in front of text" text wrapping style, and then hold down the Alt key and drag the text box to the desired position relative to the two lines you first typed. wal wrote: Word 2003 Does anyone know a way to manipulate line spacing and character raising/lowering (and whatever other feature might work) to make words "straddle" two lines evenly? For example, say you want to show that the verb/predicate of the following sentence is the same irrespective of the subject (ignore the silliness of the example): He ran away. She If I want to place the "ran away" exactly between the "He" and "She" vertically, WITHOUT forcing the "She" to move down, how can I do so? I tried setting the line spacing (in the Paragraph dialog) to Exact and then lowering "ran away" in the Font dialog, but the bottom half of "ran away" disappears. Other combinations of line spacing and raising/lowering characters force the "She" line down, etc. These features likewise don't work if I start with three lines: He ran away. She I'd still like to have the whole thing basically single-spaced. The only thing that worked was a 2 x 2 table, with the two cells of the second column (containing "ran away") merged and set to Center Vertically. This is cumbersome, especially fine-tuning the width of table cells. Is there any way to do this without resorting to a table? Thanks. |
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How to make words "straddle" two lines?
I'd be more inclined just to write the EQ field by hand--or use Equation
Editor to build the whole thing. -- 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. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You might also experiment with the FormatPhoneticGuide command. It can be used to build an EQ field that saves a fair amount of experimention. To use this command, use Tools - Customize - Keyboard (All commands), and assign FormatPhoneticGuide (FPG) to a keystroke (you could put it onto a toolbar or menu, instead if you like). Select the base word, then press your FPG key. A dialog will guide you through the setup. If you need it in a box, you can apply border formatting just to the target words. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could type "He" on one line, "She" on the next line, and "ran away" in a text box, right-click on the text box and format it with "in front of text" text wrapping style, and then hold down the Alt key and drag the text box to the desired position relative to the two lines you first typed. wal wrote: Word 2003 Does anyone know a way to manipulate line spacing and character raising/lowering (and whatever other feature might work) to make words "straddle" two lines evenly? For example, say you want to show that the verb/predicate of the following sentence is the same irrespective of the subject (ignore the silliness of the example): He ran away. She If I want to place the "ran away" exactly between the "He" and "She" vertically, WITHOUT forcing the "She" to move down, how can I do so? I tried setting the line spacing (in the Paragraph dialog) to Exact and then lowering "ran away" in the Font dialog, but the bottom half of "ran away" disappears. Other combinations of line spacing and raising/lowering characters force the "She" line down, etc. These features likewise don't work if I start with three lines: He ran away. She I'd still like to have the whole thing basically single-spaced. The only thing that worked was a 2 x 2 table, with the two cells of the second column (containing "ran away") merged and set to Center Vertically. This is cumbersome, especially fine-tuning the width of table cells. Is there any way to do this without resorting to a table? Thanks. |
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How to make words "straddle" two lines?
I guess we all work differently. Personally, I find that it's easier to work
from an existing field. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I'd be more inclined just to write the EQ field by hand--or use Equation Editor to build the whole thing. -- 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. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You might also experiment with the FormatPhoneticGuide command. It can be used to build an EQ field that saves a fair amount of experimention. To use this command, use Tools - Customize - Keyboard (All commands), and assign FormatPhoneticGuide (FPG) to a keystroke (you could put it onto a toolbar or menu, instead if you like). Select the base word, then press your FPG key. A dialog will guide you through the setup. If you need it in a box, you can apply border formatting just to the target words. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could type "He" on one line, "She" on the next line, and "ran away" in a text box, right-click on the text box and format it with "in front of text" text wrapping style, and then hold down the Alt key and drag the text box to the desired position relative to the two lines you first typed. wal wrote: Word 2003 Does anyone know a way to manipulate line spacing and character raising/lowering (and whatever other feature might work) to make words "straddle" two lines evenly? For example, say you want to show that the verb/predicate of the following sentence is the same irrespective of the subject (ignore the silliness of the example): He ran away. She If I want to place the "ran away" exactly between the "He" and "She" vertically, WITHOUT forcing the "She" to move down, how can I do so? I tried setting the line spacing (in the Paragraph dialog) to Exact and then lowering "ran away" in the Font dialog, but the bottom half of "ran away" disappears. Other combinations of line spacing and raising/lowering characters force the "She" line down, etc. These features likewise don't work if I start with three lines: He ran away. She I'd still like to have the whole thing basically single-spaced. The only thing that worked was a 2 x 2 table, with the two cells of the second column (containing "ran away") merged and set to Center Vertically. This is cumbersome, especially fine-tuning the width of table cells. Is there any way to do this without resorting to a table? Thanks. |
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How to make words "straddle" two lines?
On Jun 21, 11:14 pm, "garfield-n-odie [MVP]"
wrote: You could type "He" on one line, "She" on the next line, and "ran away" in a text box, right-click on the text box and format it with "in front of text" text wrapping style, and then hold down the Alt key and drag the text box to the desired position relative to the two lines you first typed. wal wrote: Word 2003 Does anyone know a way to manipulate line spacing and character raising/lowering (and whatever other feature might work) to make words "straddle" two lines evenly? For example, say you want to show that the verb/predicate of the following sentence is the same irrespective of the subject (ignore the silliness of the example): He ran away. She If I want to place the "ran away" exactly between the "He" and "She" vertically, WITHOUT forcing the "She" to move down, how can I do so? I tried setting the line spacing (in the Paragraph dialog) to Exact and then lowering "ran away" in the Font dialog, but the bottom half of "ran away" disappears. Other combinations of line spacing and raising/lowering characters force the "She" line down, etc. These features likewise don't work if I start with three lines: He ran away. She I'd still like to have the whole thing basically single-spaced. The only thing that worked was a 2 x 2 table, with the two cells of the second column (containing "ran away") merged and set to Center Vertically. This is cumbersome, especially fine-tuning the width of table cells. Is there any way to do this without resorting to a table? Thanks.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks, everyone. FormatPhoneticGuide forces the lines apart, as least as far as I experimented. Equation Editor and EQ would seem to have a bit of a learning curve. I'll try textboxes for now. Thanks also for the tip re the Alt key. It also works for fine adjustment of table column widths. |
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How to make words "straddle" two lines?
Another thought:
Use a two column table with "He" in the first row of Column 1, "She" in the second row of Column one. Put "ran away" in the second column, merge the 2 cells in column two & apply vertical centering (Table Properties - Cell) to the merged cell. Remove the Borders & adjust the column widths. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "wal" wrote in message ups.com... On Jun 21, 11:14 pm, "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: You could type "He" on one line, "She" on the next line, and "ran away" in a text box, right-click on the text box and format it with "in front of text" text wrapping style, and then hold down the Alt key and drag the text box to the desired position relative to the two lines you first typed. wal wrote: Word 2003 Does anyone know a way to manipulate line spacing and character raising/lowering (and whatever other feature might work) to make words "straddle" two lines evenly? For example, say you want to show that the verb/predicate of the following sentence is the same irrespective of the subject (ignore the silliness of the example): He ran away. She If I want to place the "ran away" exactly between the "He" and "She" vertically, WITHOUT forcing the "She" to move down, how can I do so? I tried setting the line spacing (in the Paragraph dialog) to Exact and then lowering "ran away" in the Font dialog, but the bottom half of "ran away" disappears. Other combinations of line spacing and raising/lowering characters force the "She" line down, etc. These features likewise don't work if I start with three lines: He ran away. She I'd still like to have the whole thing basically single-spaced. The only thing that worked was a 2 x 2 table, with the two cells of the second column (containing "ran away") merged and set to Center Vertically. This is cumbersome, especially fine-tuning the width of table cells. Is there any way to do this without resorting to a table? Thanks.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks, everyone. FormatPhoneticGuide forces the lines apart, as least as far as I experimented. Equation Editor and EQ would seem to have a bit of a learning curve. I'll try textboxes for now. Thanks also for the tip re the Alt key. It also works for fine adjustment of table column widths. |
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