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drawing diagonal line a table cell
I would like to draw a diagonal line dividing the first cell in a table (the
one in upper left corner i.e., in the first row and the first column) to put legends for the reminder of the first row above the diagonal and for the first column below). I have tried drawing a rectangle with a diagonal and placing it in the cell. One can do it with some adjustments to the column or rectangle width (interestingly the rectangle shape snaps to the cell height but not to its width). However, any change to the table formatting misaligns the placement of my precious diagonal. Thus my questions: Q1. Is there a way of splitting a table cell diagonally? Q2. And/or is there a way to force a drawing canvas to fit a table cell regardless whatever happens to the table? Even if there is an easy answer to Q1, please address Q2 as well. (My wife wants Avery labels with a graphic and text inside and has serious troubles with the graphic canvas sizing.) Thank you, -- JanAdam |
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diagonal in a table cell
Ooops, sorry, it is Word / Office 2003 pro with all current updates.
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On the Borders flyout palette (Formatting toolbar) and the Tables and
Borders toolbar there is an option to insert a diagonal line (this option doesn't appear in the Borders and Shading dialog. This is just a line, however; it doesn't actually divide the cell. You will have to manually format text in one part as right-aligned and text in the other as left-aligned. -- 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. "JanAdam" wrote in message ... I would like to draw a diagonal line dividing the first cell in a table (the one in upper left corner i.e., in the first row and the first column) to put legends for the reminder of the first row above the diagonal and for the first column below). I have tried drawing a rectangle with a diagonal and placing it in the cell. One can do it with some adjustments to the column or rectangle width (interestingly the rectangle shape snaps to the cell height but not to its width). However, any change to the table formatting misaligns the placement of my precious diagonal. Thus my questions: Q1. Is there a way of splitting a table cell diagonally? Q2. And/or is there a way to force a drawing canvas to fit a table cell regardless whatever happens to the table? Even if there is an easy answer to Q1, please address Q2 as well. (My wife wants Avery labels with a graphic and text inside and has serious troubles with the graphic canvas sizing.) Thank you, -- JanAdam |
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drawing diagonal line a table cell
Suzanne, you are great. Thanks a lot. Do you have any comments on locking a
drawing canvas to a table cell? -- JanAdam "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On the Borders flyout palette (Formatting toolbar) and the Tables and Borders toolbar there is an option to insert a diagonal line (this option doesn't appear in the Borders and Shading dialog. This is just a line, however; it doesn't actually divide the cell. You will have to manually format text in one part as right-aligned and text in the other as left-aligned. -- 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. "JanAdam" wrote in message ... I would like to draw a diagonal line dividing the first cell in a table (the one in upper left corner i.e., in the first row and the first column) to put legends for the reminder of the first row above the diagonal and for the first column below). I have tried drawing a rectangle with a diagonal and placing it in the cell. One can do it with some adjustments to the column or rectangle width (interestingly the rectangle shape snaps to the cell height but not to its width). However, any change to the table formatting misaligns the placement of my precious diagonal. Thus my questions: Q1. Is there a way of splitting a table cell diagonally? Q2. And/or is there a way to force a drawing canvas to fit a table cell regardless whatever happens to the table? Even if there is an easy answer to Q1, please address Q2 as well. (My wife wants Avery labels with a graphic and text inside and has serious troubles with the graphic canvas sizing.) Thank you, -- JanAdam |
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drawing diagonal line a table cell
A drawing canvas can be formatted as In Line With Text, which would
(theoretically, at least) allow you to put it actually in the cell. The objects in the canvas will still be in the drawing layer, however. I just tried this, inserting a table and then using Insert | Picture | New Drawing in one of the cells, and an inline drawing canvas was inserted, so presumably it works. Note that I have In Line With Text selected as my default wrapping style, so YMMV. -- 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. "JanAdam" wrote in message news  Suzanne, you are great. Thanks a lot. Do you have any comments on locking a drawing canvas to a table cell? -- JanAdam "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On the Borders flyout palette (Formatting toolbar) and the Tables and Borders toolbar there is an option to insert a diagonal line (this option doesn't appear in the Borders and Shading dialog. This is just a line, however; it doesn't actually divide the cell. You will have to manually format text in one part as right-aligned and text in the other as left-aligned. -- 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. "JanAdam" wrote in message ... I would like to draw a diagonal line dividing the first cell in a table (the one in upper left corner i.e., in the first row and the first column) to put legends for the reminder of the first row above the diagonal and for the first column below). I have tried drawing a rectangle with a diagonal and placing it in the cell. One can do it with some adjustments to the column or rectangle width (interestingly the rectangle shape snaps to the cell height but not to its width). However, any change to the table formatting misaligns the placement of my precious diagonal. Thus my questions: Q1. Is there a way of splitting a table cell diagonally? Q2. And/or is there a way to force a drawing canvas to fit a table cell regardless whatever happens to the table? Even if there is an easy answer to Q1, please address Q2 as well. (My wife wants Avery labels with a graphic and text inside and has serious troubles with the graphic canvas sizing.) Thank you, -- JanAdam |
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