I have a 2-column table into which I want to
paste text.

If the first column of the table is too small
for the total text, how can I make the excess
flow into the second column of the table
automatically?

Please help, Frank

You can't. For this type of text flow you need newspaper-style columns.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Frank Martin" wrote in message
...
I have a 2-column table into which I want to
paste text.

If the first column of the table is too small
for the total text, how can I make the excess
flow into the second column of the table
automatically?

Please help, Frank

My text is in a text box, hence the need for
a table into which I can insert column-like
text.

Is a "newspaper column" the same thing as the
Word2003 column button? Are there different
types of columns?

Also, I notice that when I insert too much
text into the table in the text box the
excess text is not accessible with the cursor
so I have to CtrlA the area and reduce the
text to 6 or 7 or so just to cut and paste
the excess into the second column of the
table.

Regards,Frank

"Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote in message
...
You can't. For this type of text flow you
need newspaper-style columns.

--
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.

"Frank Martin" wrote in
message
...
I have a 2-column table into which I want
to
paste text.

If the first column of the table is too
small
for the total text, how can I make the
excess
flow into the second column of the table
automatically?

Please help, Frank

Instead of using a table in the text box, use two side-by-side linked text
boxes.

--
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.

"Frank Martin" wrote in message
...
My text is in a text box, hence the need for
a table into which I can insert column-like
text.

Is a "newspaper column" the same thing as the
Word2003 column button? Are there different
types of columns?

Also, I notice that when I insert too much
text into the table in the text box the
excess text is not accessible with the cursor
so I have to CtrlA the area and reduce the
text to 6 or 7 or so just to cut and paste
the excess into the second column of the
table.

Regards,Frank

"Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote in message
...
You can't. For this type of text flow you
need newspaper-style columns.

--
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.

"Frank Martin" wrote in
message
...
I have a 2-column table into which I want
to
paste text.

If the first column of the table is too
small
for the total text, how can I make the
excess
flow into the second column of the table
automatically?

Please help, Frank

Thanks, this seems to be the solution. I can
even save the "overflow" textbox property to
the saved template.

Regards, Frank


"Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote in message
...
Instead of using a table in the text box,
use two side-by-side linked text
boxes.

--
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.

"Frank Martin" wrote in
message
...
My text is in a text box, hence the need
for
a table into which I can insert
column-like
text.

Is a "newspaper column" the same thing as
the
Word2003 column button? Are there
different
types of columns?

Also, I notice that when I insert too much
text into the table in the text box the
excess text is not accessible with the
cursor
so I have to CtrlA the area and reduce the
text to 6 or 7 or so just to cut and paste
the excess into the second column of the
table.

Regards,Frank

"Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote in message
...
You can't. For this type of text flow
you
need newspaper-style columns.

--
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.

"Frank Martin" wrote
in
message
...
I have a 2-column table into which I
want
to
paste text.

If the first column of the table is too
small
for the total text, how can I make the
excess
flow into the second column of the
table
automatically?

Please help, Frank