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Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it?
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Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it?
It erases the boundary between cells, merging them.
-- 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. "forgetfull" wrote in message ... Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it? |
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Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it?
Sometimes this seems to erase the border and sometimes it merges cells. The
only thing I *think* is consistent is that clicking the eraser seems to merge the cells while dragging seems to remove the border only...can anyone confirm this? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It erases the boundary between cells, merging them. -- 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. "forgetfull" wrote in message ... Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it? |
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Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it?
I've always found it very tricky to use, but perhaps your discovery is the
reason. I'll have to experiment with that. The only reason I ever use it is to merge a whole column of cells. In earlier versions of Word, if you selected two adjacent columns and merged them, Word sensible merged each pair of cells. In current versions it merges the whole two columns into one big cell (not very helpful), but if you use the eraser you can get the desired effect. Since I rarely have borders on my tables, the only effect I was going for was "erasing" the cell boundary. The eraser works in tandem with the Draw Table (pencil) button to create sort of freehand tables. The most messed-up tables I've ever seen were created this way, so I advise avoiding it. -- 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. "Christina" wrote in message ... Sometimes this seems to erase the border and sometimes it merges cells. The only thing I *think* is consistent is that clicking the eraser seems to merge the cells while dragging seems to remove the border only...can anyone confirm this? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It erases the boundary between cells, merging them. -- 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. "forgetfull" wrote in message ... Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it? |
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Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it?
Unfortunately after playing a little more there does not seem to be
consistency between merging versus erasing a border...I just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy in what I saw happening! I think you are right, though, best to avoid those pencils and erasers! Thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've always found it very tricky to use, but perhaps your discovery is the reason. I'll have to experiment with that. The only reason I ever use it is to merge a whole column of cells. In earlier versions of Word, if you selected two adjacent columns and merged them, Word sensible merged each pair of cells. In current versions it merges the whole two columns into one big cell (not very helpful), but if you use the eraser you can get the desired effect. Since I rarely have borders on my tables, the only effect I was going for was "erasing" the cell boundary. The eraser works in tandem with the Draw Table (pencil) button to create sort of freehand tables. The most messed-up tables I've ever seen were created this way, so I advise avoiding it. -- 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. "Christina" wrote in message ... Sometimes this seems to erase the border and sometimes it merges cells. The only thing I *think* is consistent is that clicking the eraser seems to merge the cells while dragging seems to remove the border only...can anyone confirm this? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It erases the boundary between cells, merging them. -- 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. "forgetfull" wrote in message ... Eraser on the table and borders bar, how do you use it? |
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