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One-cell table?
I have to complete a printed form on a regular basis so decided to create a
template which I could use to type in Word and then print onto the printed form. The typing area consists of the middle third of an A4 sheet - on both sides. I made the template (with top margin 10.97 cm, bottom margin 8.0, sides 2.5 cm) showing the typing area as a one-cell table, fixing the height of the table row as exactly 8.4 cm. This works out fine. As I have to fill in the same space on the reverse, I inserted a new section and copied the one-cell table. Is it possible to link the two tables, rather like text boxes, so that when Side 1 is full the typing jumps immediately to Side 2? Or would I have been better using some sort of form? Or maybe some other method? I'd be grateful for any advice as I am not really too familiar with forms. Many thanks. Anne (Using Word 2000) |
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Hi Anne,
You can't link tables -- only text boxes can do that trick. Just use text boxes instead of the tables, and link them. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org a9 wrote: I have to complete a printed form on a regular basis so decided to create a template which I could use to type in Word and then print onto the printed form. The typing area consists of the middle third of an A4 sheet - on both sides. I made the template (with top margin 10.97 cm, bottom margin 8.0, sides 2.5 cm) showing the typing area as a one-cell table, fixing the height of the table row as exactly 8.4 cm. This works out fine. As I have to fill in the same space on the reverse, I inserted a new section and copied the one-cell table. Is it possible to link the two tables, rather like text boxes, so that when Side 1 is full the typing jumps immediately to Side 2? Or would I have been better using some sort of form? Or maybe some other method? I'd be grateful for any advice as I am not really too familiar with forms. Many thanks. Anne (Using Word 2000) |
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Unless the table cells contain form fields, which I was assuming, though on
rereading I see that Anne mentions a form but not form fields, so I suppose text boxes would fill the bill after all. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Anne, You can't link tables -- only text boxes can do that trick. Just use text boxes instead of the tables, and link them. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org a9 wrote: I have to complete a printed form on a regular basis so decided to create a template which I could use to type in Word and then print onto the printed form. The typing area consists of the middle third of an A4 sheet - on both sides. I made the template (with top margin 10.97 cm, bottom margin 8.0, sides 2.5 cm) showing the typing area as a one-cell table, fixing the height of the table row as exactly 8.4 cm. This works out fine. As I have to fill in the same space on the reverse, I inserted a new section and copied the one-cell table. Is it possible to link the two tables, rather like text boxes, so that when Side 1 is full the typing jumps immediately to Side 2? Or would I have been better using some sort of form? Or maybe some other method? I'd be grateful for any advice as I am not really too familiar with forms. Many thanks. Anne (Using Word 2000) |
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