I'm using Word 2002 in XP.

I need to use a 7 column table. So, using a page setup in landscape, I
created a 5 column table because that was the maximum option Word offered.
I then added 2 columns to get to 7 columns.

Problems:
a) centering the text in the cells is off
b) text that extends beyond the column width disappears to the right.

Is there a way around these problems? Thanks.

Jeff

[Lene Fredborg[_2_]]

Check the left and right indentation of the text (in the Paragraph dialog
box). A negative right indent will make the text disappear to the right. The
left and right indent need to be set to the same value in order to make
centered text appear precisely centered.

--
Best regards
Lene Fredborg
Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
http://www.thedoctools.com

skrev i en meddelelse
...
I'm using Word 2002 in XP.

I need to use a 7 column table. So, using a page setup in landscape, I
created a 5 column table because that was the maximum option Word offered.
I then added 2 columns to get to 7 columns.

Problems:
a) centering the text in the cells is off
b) text that extends beyond the column width disappears to the right.

Is there a way around these problems? Thanks.

Jeff

That was it. Thank you.

Wonder why that happened. It certainly did not set it that way.

Jeff

"Lene Fredborg" wrote in message
...
Check the left and right indentation of the text (in the Paragraph dialog
box). A negative right indent will make the text disappear to the right.
The left and right indent need to be set to the same value in order to
make centered text appear precisely centered.

--
Best regards
Lene Fredborg
Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
http://www.thedoctools.com

skrev i en meddelelse
...
I'm using Word 2002 in XP.

I need to use a 7 column table. So, using a page setup in landscape, I
created a 5 column table because that was the maximum option Word
offered. I then added 2 columns to get to 7 columns.

Problems:
a) centering the text in the cells is off
b) text that extends beyond the column width disappears to the right.

Is there a way around these problems? Thanks.

Jeff

[Terry Farrell]

Where did you find anything that said 5 columns was the maximum? You can set
63 columns if you need.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

wrote in message
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I'm using Word 2002 in XP.

I need to use a 7 column table. So, using a page setup in landscape, I
created a 5 column table because that was the maximum option Word offered.
I then added 2 columns to get to 7 columns.

Problems:
a) centering the text in the cells is off
b) text that extends beyond the column width disappears to the right.

Is there a way around these problems? Thanks.

Jeff

I just clicked on the toolbar's table icon to create the table and it only
went as far as 5 columns.

Jeff

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Where did you find anything that said 5 columns was the maximum? You can
set 63 columns if you need.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

wrote in message
...
I'm using Word 2002 in XP.

I need to use a 7 column table. So, using a page setup in landscape, I
created a 5 column table because that was the maximum option Word
offered. I then added 2 columns to get to 7 columns.

Problems:
a) centering the text in the cells is off
b) text that extends beyond the column width disappears to the right.

Is there a way around these problems? Thanks.

Jeff

[Terry Farrell]

If you click on the Table button, it opens a small pictograph of a table for
you to select the number of rows and columns: although it may only show 5
columns wide, you can drag past column 5 and more will appear. (Note that
the default initial display is variable from system to system depending on
the width of the screen for displaying the Ribbons). If you click on Insert
Table in the drop down, it lets you add the number of columns and rows
manually.

Terry

wrote in message
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I just clicked on the toolbar's table icon to create the table and it only
went as far as 5 columns.

Jeff

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Where did you find anything that said 5 columns was the maximum? You can
set 63 columns if you need.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

wrote in message
...
I'm using Word 2002 in XP.

I need to use a 7 column table. So, using a page setup in landscape, I
created a 5 column table because that was the maximum option Word
offered. I then added 2 columns to get to 7 columns.

Problems:
a) centering the text in the cells is off
b) text that extends beyond the column width disappears to the right.

Is there a way around these problems? Thanks.

Jeff

Thank you.

Jeff

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
If you click on the Table button, it opens a small pictograph of a table
for you to select the number of rows and columns: although it may only
show 5 columns wide, you can drag past column 5 and more will appear.
(Note that the default initial display is variable from system to system
depending on the width of the screen for displaying the Ribbons). If you
click on Insert Table in the drop down, it lets you add the number of
columns and rows manually.

Terry

wrote in message
...
I just clicked on the toolbar's table icon to create the table and it
only went as far as 5 columns.

Jeff

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Where did you find anything that said 5 columns was the maximum? You can
set 63 columns if you need.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

wrote in message
...
I'm using Word 2002 in XP.

I need to use a 7 column table. So, using a page setup in landscape, I
created a 5 column table because that was the maximum option Word
offered. I then added 2 columns to get to 7 columns.

Problems:
a) centering the text in the cells is off
b) text that extends beyond the column width disappears to the right.

Is there a way around these problems? Thanks.

Jeff