If the text is in a table, then you should absolutely be able to add a
column to the left of the leftmost one. Select that column, right-click, and
choose Add Columns; it will be to the left automatically. You'll probably
need to repair the column width (but you'd have to change it anyway, to
accommodate an extra column).
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"RScotti" wrote in message
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Hi Daiya,
I tried it but didn't seem to work. It did make it possible to add a
column but couldn't get the right format back and
it didn't make rows only one continuous column.
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:17:43 -0800, Daiya Mitchell
wrote:
I would MAKE A COPY of the document before experimenting. You could
maybe use Table | Convert Text to Table, and then you should be able to
use Table | Insert | Columns. You can use Table | Convert Table to Text
to get it back to non-table form.
Format | Columns is not going to do anything for you--it's designed for
newspaper-style columns, not data charts.
RScotti wrote:
Hi,
I have a document set up which is a phone list with about 160 addresses
and phone numbers.
I would like to add a column to the left that just says the number of
lines I have in the list
Old way
AAA Account #:xxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxx-x Used # 1 800-222-4357
AAA Account #:xxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxx-x Used # 1 800-222-4357
New way
xx1 AAA Account #:xxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxx-x Used # 1 800-222-4357
xx2 AAA Account #:xxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxx-x Used # 1 800-222-4357
Can someone please tell me how to do this? When I tried Format columns
(presets: one (column)/Left)it didn't work and
also Table/Insert/columns to the left didn't work either.
Please give details. I am not that literate with Word XP (2002)
Any help would really be appreciated.
Have a good day,
RScotti
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