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Verical alignment in tables after multiple merge and splits
I use word tables to design fill-in forms. I usually start with a big tables,
and merge various cells in one row, and then perhaps split cells in the row below. When I'm finished, I like to tidy up, and align "as much as possible" the vertical columns. If a column has been merged, resized, and split. It is often hard to manipulate one column to lin e up with the column edge below or above. You can get close, but only occassionally (with pure luck) does it line up exactly. Often, I have to resort to inserting another row, and redoing the row to make those edges line up. Is there a way to finely manipulate cell vertical borders???? |
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Verical alignment in tables after multiple merge and splits
One thing that helps is pressing Alt to override the grid or snap-to.
-- 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. "Scott" wrote in message ... I use word tables to design fill-in forms. I usually start with a big tables, and merge various cells in one row, and then perhaps split cells in the row below. When I'm finished, I like to tidy up, and align "as much as possible" the vertical columns. If a column has been merged, resized, and split. It is often hard to manipulate one column to lin e up with the column edge below or above. You can get close, but only occassionally (with pure luck) does it line up exactly. Often, I have to resort to inserting another row, and redoing the row to make those edges line up. Is there a way to finely manipulate cell vertical borders???? |
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Verical alignment in tables after multiple merge and splits
Or, snap one to the grid, then snap others to the same detent.
You can also use the table properties dialog for precise definition of column width if dragging proves too onerously hit-and-miss. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... One thing that helps is pressing Alt to override the grid or snap-to. -- 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. "Scott" wrote in message ... I use word tables to design fill-in forms. I usually start with a big tables, and merge various cells in one row, and then perhaps split cells in the row below. When I'm finished, I like to tidy up, and align "as much as possible" the vertical columns. If a column has been merged, resized, and split. It is often hard to manipulate one column to lin e up with the column edge below or above. You can get close, but only occassionally (with pure luck) does it line up exactly. Often, I have to resort to inserting another row, and redoing the row to make those edges line up. Is there a way to finely manipulate cell vertical borders???? |
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Thanks. How do you "snap one to the grid"?
I don't think I can define a column width as i my situation I simply want to line up either the right or left edges. The column itself may be larger than the row above, but, for example, I want the right hand edge to line up with the right hand border of cell above. |
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Verical alignment in tables after multiple merge and splits
When you drag a cell boundary, it will move in discrete steps (usually 1/8
inch, snapping into place) rather than smoothly. So, unless you press the Alt key, it should be impossible to drag a boundary 1/16 inches, or 1/32 inches (unless a cell isn't on a 1/8 inch grid to begin with, in which case you should be able to drag to the nearest 1/8 inch detent). It should move only in 1/8 inch steps once a cell boundary is on a grid detent. By "snap one to the grid," I mean to drag a cell boundary so that it snaps into place. Once there, other cells should snap to the identical location when you drag a boundary close to that one. If they don't snap to the same 1/8 inch detent, then you will need to hold down the Alt key for exact placement when dragging. If you're using Word 2007, you can view the gridlines by clicking the Gridlines option in the View ribbon tab. In Word 2003 (and in some earlier versions), you can view gridlines by displaying the Drawing toolbar, then clicking Draw - Grid, and checking Display gridlines on screen. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Scott" wrote in message ... Thanks. How do you "snap one to the grid"? I don't think I can define a column width as i my situation I simply want to line up either the right or left edges. The column itself may be larger than the row above, but, for example, I want the right hand edge to line up with the right hand border of cell above. |
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Verical alignment in tables after multiple merge and splits
Select the whole cell you want to adjust the border of before trying to
adjust the border. If you have a cell or a vertical group of cells selected, you can then drag the cell borders of just the selected cells. Make sure you have the cell actually "selected"... clicking the insertion point into the cell doesn't "select" the cell. Normally moving the cursor toward the left edge of the cell, the cursor changes from a text cursor to an arrow cursor. When the cursor is an arrow cursor, you can then click to select the cell. Mike "Scott" wrote in message ... I use word tables to design fill-in forms. I usually start with a big tables, and merge various cells in one row, and then perhaps split cells in the row below. When I'm finished, I like to tidy up, and align "as much as possible" the vertical columns. If a column has been merged, resized, and split. It is often hard to manipulate one column to lin e up with the column edge below or above. You can get close, but only occassionally (with pure luck) does it line up exactly. Often, I have to resort to inserting another row, and redoing the row to make those edges line up. Is there a way to finely manipulate cell vertical borders???? |
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