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hanging indents in tables
I have MS Word 2002. I created a list of items which have varying levels of
hanging indents. I create the hanging indents by tabbing the second line of each item until the second line indents where I want it. When I try to convert this text to a table, I lose the first tab and the hanging indents. Then, I also can't create hanging indents in the table rows. When I create this doc in Wordperfect 10 and convert the text to a table, I keep all the hanging indents. Then, when I pull this doc into Word, I also keep the hanging indents in the tables. Creating the hanging indents is also easier and faster (fewer keystrokes or clicks) in Wordperfect. However, if I convert the doc to Word, I can't figure out how to do more hanging indents in the table if I decide to do later revisions. I would keep the doc in WP until I am ready to go with a final version but I still wish I could work with the hanging indents in Word if I need to. I'm working with someone who only uses WPerfect and I want to be able to convert their text list into a table with hanging indents. I seem to be able to do it in Wordperfect but not in Word unless I do all the formatting in Wordperfect and then convert the doc to Word. Help! Any easy way to convert this work so I don't lose the indenting the original writer does? Also, any easy way to do hanging indents in Word tables? Thanks. |
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hanging indents in tables
Well, to begin with, if you're creating hanging indents with tab characters,
you're not actually using hanging indents. To do that, you need to set a hanging indent in the Format Paragraph dialog or by dragging the Hanging Indent marker on the ruler (or using Ctrl+T). You can do this in tables as easily as in regular text. If what you mean is that you have created list items with graduated left indents, then you can still do this in a table, too, though it will be easier if you're applying styles that are linked to an outline-numbered list. -- 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. "Cathie100" wrote in message ... I have MS Word 2002. I created a list of items which have varying levels of hanging indents. I create the hanging indents by tabbing the second line of each item until the second line indents where I want it. When I try to convert this text to a table, I lose the first tab and the hanging indents. Then, I also can't create hanging indents in the table rows. When I create this doc in Wordperfect 10 and convert the text to a table, I keep all the hanging indents. Then, when I pull this doc into Word, I also keep the hanging indents in the tables. Creating the hanging indents is also easier and faster (fewer keystrokes or clicks) in Wordperfect. However, if I convert the doc to Word, I can't figure out how to do more hanging indents in the table if I decide to do later revisions. I would keep the doc in WP until I am ready to go with a final version but I still wish I could work with the hanging indents in Word if I need to. I'm working with someone who only uses WPerfect and I want to be able to convert their text list into a table with hanging indents. I seem to be able to do it in Wordperfect but not in Word unless I do all the formatting in Wordperfect and then convert the doc to Word. Help! Any easy way to convert this work so I don't lose the indenting the original writer does? Also, any easy way to do hanging indents in Word tables? Thanks. |
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hanging indents in tables
Thanks, Suzanne, I've investigated outlining in Word and can now see how to
make this work. My writer sets up the doc in Wordperfedt using indents (not tabs) but no other outline numbering or lettering. He saves the file as RTF (because otherwise there are problems with apostrophes transferring correctly). I retrieve the file in Word and save as Word doc. Then, block the indented text and apply the outline style I customized to be what I want. Then, block the outline and apply the "Convert text to table." Then, the outline transfers perfectly. My final element is that I also need to create a Powerpoint presentation from this outline. I found that PPT has a converter so that you can insert a Word outline into PPT and it converts it into slides. The I, II, III level of heads convert to slide titles and the lower levels convert to the slide text bullets. You still have to delete the numbering and lettering but this seems to work quite well. This system should save me an enormous amount of time and keystrokes while still keeping an easy system for my WP writer. Thanks for sending me in the direction of outlining. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, to begin with, if you're creating hanging indents with tab characters, you're not actually using hanging indents. To do that, you need to set a hanging indent in the Format Paragraph dialog or by dragging the Hanging Indent marker on the ruler (or using Ctrl+T). You can do this in tables as easily as in regular text. If what you mean is that you have created list items with graduated left indents, then you can still do this in a table, too, though it will be easier if you're applying styles that are linked to an outline-numbered list. -- 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. "Cathie100" wrote in message ... I have MS Word 2002. I created a list of items which have varying levels of hanging indents. I create the hanging indents by tabbing the second line of each item until the second line indents where I want it. When I try to convert this text to a table, I lose the first tab and the hanging indents. Then, I also can't create hanging indents in the table rows. When I create this doc in Wordperfect 10 and convert the text to a table, I keep all the hanging indents. Then, when I pull this doc into Word, I also keep the hanging indents in the tables. Creating the hanging indents is also easier and faster (fewer keystrokes or clicks) in Wordperfect. However, if I convert the doc to Word, I can't figure out how to do more hanging indents in the table if I decide to do later revisions. I would keep the doc in WP until I am ready to go with a final version but I still wish I could work with the hanging indents in Word if I need to. I'm working with someone who only uses WPerfect and I want to be able to convert their text list into a table with hanging indents. I seem to be able to do it in Wordperfect but not in Word unless I do all the formatting in Wordperfect and then convert the doc to Word. Help! Any easy way to convert this work so I don't lose the indenting the original writer does? Also, any easy way to do hanging indents in Word tables? Thanks. |
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