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How do I put columns in a text box?
We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in
columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Please help, Frank |
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"Frank Martin" wrote:
We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way.
Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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You might be better with a two column one row table?
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way. Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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Thanks I'll try this too. I am formatting a text box to print a square
piece of paper 12cm x 12cm to contain downloaded Movie reviews. These will be placed into the back of plastic DVD cases containing my growing old-movie collection. It is easier to read fine print when arranged in columns. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might be better with a two column one row table? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way. Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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I did try, but it seems impossible to format into columns!~
"Frank Martin" wrote in message ... Thanks I'll try this too. I am formatting a text box to print a square piece of paper 12cm x 12cm to contain downloaded Movie reviews. These will be placed into the back of plastic DVD cases containing my growing old-movie collection. It is easier to read fine print when arranged in columns. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might be better with a two column one row table? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way. Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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What I meant was use the cells *instead* of columns.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: I did try, but it seems impossible to format into columns!~ "Frank Martin" wrote in message ... Thanks I'll try this too. I am formatting a text box to print a square piece of paper 12cm x 12cm to contain downloaded Movie reviews. These will be placed into the back of plastic DVD cases containing my growing old-movie collection. It is easier to read fine print when arranged in columns. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might be better with a two column one row table? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way. Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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This is awkward because the text does not wrap properly and I have to
transfer text manually from one cell to the other. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... What I meant was use the cells *instead* of columns. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: I did try, but it seems impossible to format into columns!~ "Frank Martin" wrote in message ... Thanks I'll try this too. I am formatting a text box to print a square piece of paper 12cm x 12cm to contain downloaded Movie reviews. These will be placed into the back of plastic DVD cases containing my growing old-movie collection. It is easier to read fine print when arranged in columns. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might be better with a two column one row table? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way. Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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You can't have your cake and your ha'penny
 Whichever way you do it isgoing to be a lashup. Another suggestion is to simply make the document margins give you a suitably sized text space and apply columns to the document. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: This is awkward because the text does not wrap properly and I have to transfer text manually from one cell to the other. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... What I meant was use the cells *instead* of columns. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: I did try, but it seems impossible to format into columns!~ "Frank Martin" wrote in message ... Thanks I'll try this too. I am formatting a text box to print a square piece of paper 12cm x 12cm to contain downloaded Movie reviews. These will be placed into the back of plastic DVD cases containing my growing old-movie collection. It is easier to read fine print when arranged in columns. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might be better with a two column one row table? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way. Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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This sounds good, and I have thought of another way too. I simply double
the area of the text space and then fold once in the middle and insert into the DVD plastic cover so that them I can read both sides. Iwill try your margin-adjustment method and I wonder why I didn't think of it before. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You can't have your cake and your ha'penny Whichever way you do it isgoing to be a lashup. Another suggestion is to simply make the document margins give you a suitably sized text space and apply columns to the document. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: This is awkward because the text does not wrap properly and I have to transfer text manually from one cell to the other. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... What I meant was use the cells *instead* of columns. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: I did try, but it seems impossible to format into columns!~ "Frank Martin" wrote in message ... Thanks I'll try this too. I am formatting a text box to print a square piece of paper 12cm x 12cm to contain downloaded Movie reviews. These will be placed into the back of plastic DVD cases containing my growing old-movie collection. It is easier to read fine print when arranged in columns. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You might be better with a two column one row table? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Frank Martin wrote: Thanks Klaus, I'll do it that way. Regards Frank "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "Frank Martin" wrote: We have some very dense text in a text box and so we want to arrange it in columns for easier reading. But the cloumns icon is faded out whenever we try to do this. Is there any other way? Hi Frank, Maybe arrange two text boxes next to each other (as columns) and link them? If you want a border around, you'd likely have to remove the borders from the text boxes, and put a transparent box on top, though. Greetings, Klaus |
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