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Circular tables
G'day G'day Folks,
We all know how often we use rectangular tables but it occurs to me that often we want to describe some cyclic process. It is tedious making arrows and putting in text boxes and getting the whole thing to line up properly with each text box at the appropriate angle Well it might seem like a crazy suggestion but how about some automation of the process, text boxes that automatically space themselves appropriately around in a circle. Throw in choices of arrows and text box shapes and we'd be on the way to smarter Office presentations. Best wishes, -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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Do you have something against pie-charts, or didn't you get that far into
the Help file? "Quentin Grady" wrote in message ... G'day G'day Folks, We all know how often we use rectangular tables but it occurs to me that often we want to describe some cyclic process. It is tedious making arrows and putting in text boxes and getting the whole thing to line up properly with each text box at the appropriate angle Well it might seem like a crazy suggestion but how about some automation of the process, text boxes that automatically space themselves appropriately around in a circle. Throw in choices of arrows and text box shapes and we'd be on the way to smarter Office presentations. Best wishes, -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:51:45 +1100, "Jezebel" wrote: Do you have something against pie-charts, G'day G'day Jezebel, As it happens a pie chart would be a really bad choice for the type of diagram I need; ARROWS connecting text boxes in a circle. or didn't you get that far into the Help file? Out of curiosity how do you cope with "helpers fatigue"? Nah, on second thoughts I don't really want to know. Best wishes on a speedy recovery. -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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Have you looked at the Cycle Diagram available using the Insert Diagram
button on the Drawing toolbar in Word 2002 or 2003. It does exactly what you describe. -- 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. "Quentin Grady" wrote in message ... G'day G'day Folks, We all know how often we use rectangular tables but it occurs to me that often we want to describe some cyclic process. It is tedious making arrows and putting in text boxes and getting the whole thing to line up properly with each text box at the appropriate angle Well it might seem like a crazy suggestion but how about some automation of the process, text boxes that automatically space themselves appropriately around in a circle. Throw in choices of arrows and text box shapes and we'd be on the way to smarter Office presentations. Best wishes, -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 21:36:32 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you looked at the Cycle Diagram available using the Insert Diagram button on the Drawing toolbar in Word 2002 or 2003. It does exactly what you describe. G'day G'day Suzanne, Well I'm glad I asked ... even if the answered caused some embarrassment. To put it simply, I hadn't noticed it. Thanks and best wishes, -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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These diagrams were new in Word 2002, and they're actually rather difficult
to use (or at least more trouble than *I'd* bother with), but they do at least meet the minimum requirements (I think) of your description. -- 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. "Quentin Grady" wrote in message ... This post not CC'd by email On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 21:36:32 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you looked at the Cycle Diagram available using the Insert Diagram button on the Drawing toolbar in Word 2002 or 2003. It does exactly what you describe. G'day G'day Suzanne, Well I'm glad I asked ... even if the answered caused some embarrassment. To put it simply, I hadn't noticed it. Thanks and best wishes, -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:47:00 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: These diagrams were new in Word 2002, and they're actually rather difficult to use (or at least more trouble than *I'd* bother with), but they do at least meet the minimum requirements (I think) of your description. G'day G'day Suzanne, I hadn't noticed them when I upgraded to 2002. To busy with other things I guess. They worked quite nicely for the application I had in mind today. I was able to find one with tastefully shaded arcs. One improvement I'd like is for the arc to have arrow heads. I was able to number the text boxes so hopefully the reader will follow the intended progression. Best wishes and once again thank YOU, -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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The default AutoShapes *are* arrows. I'm not sure how you got anything
different. -- 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. "Quentin Grady" wrote in message ... This post not CC'd by email On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:47:00 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: These diagrams were new in Word 2002, and they're actually rather difficult to use (or at least more trouble than *I'd* bother with), but they do at least meet the minimum requirements (I think) of your description. G'day G'day Suzanne, I hadn't noticed them when I upgraded to 2002. To busy with other things I guess. They worked quite nicely for the application I had in mind today. I was able to find one with tastefully shaded arcs. One improvement I'd like is for the arc to have arrow heads. I was able to number the text boxes so hopefully the reader will follow the intended progression. Best wishes and once again thank YOU, -- Quentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, #,# [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin |
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