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Clear some borders
This is Word 2000, Windows XP:
I have a five-column table that I want to display as two, side-by-side, 2-column tables, with the column in the middle having no lines. _______________ _________________ |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| But when I go into the Shading and Borders wizards, and clear the middle borders, they still show up on the top and bottom row. There is a solid line across the top and bottom. I tried clearing all the outside border, and that got rid of some, but not all of the borders, and the bottom border across the bottom middle cloumn is still there. I've cleared both at the cell and table level, neither seems to clear that middle column's outside border. Thank you, Margaret |
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Well, although you can mess with adding a fat WHITE col between to
fake it out...you can also just add two tables sideXside. To do this...create two table one under the other. Grab the Table resize handle (the tiny square that appears in the lower/right corner when you mouseover the table) on the top table and drag it in to make the table smaller than the margin. Do the same with the second table. Then grab the selection/move handle for the second table (the tiny square with a cross in it that appears in the upper/left when you mouseover) and drag that table up next to the first one. BTW...you might want to check out my free course samples for my VBA and Word Advanced courses because the first free lesson for each have tricks regarding formatting tables. See this link: http://www.mousetrax.com/TechCourses.html#samples Hope this helps.... Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:24:58 -0800, "margaret bartley" wrote: This is Word 2000, Windows XP: I have a five-column table that I want to display as two, side-by-side, 2-column tables, with the column in the middle having no lines. _______________ _________________ |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| But when I go into the Shading and Borders wizards, and clear the middle borders, they still show up on the top and bottom row. There is a solid line across the top and bottom. I tried clearing all the outside border, and that got rid of some, but not all of the borders, and the bottom border across the bottom middle cloumn is still there. I've cleared both at the cell and table level, neither seems to clear that middle column's outside border. Thank you, Margaret |
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Please see my reply to your duplicate question in this NG.
-- 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. "margaret bartley" wrote in message ... This is Word 2000, Windows XP: I have a five-column table that I want to display as two, side-by-side, 2-column tables, with the column in the middle having no lines. _______________ _________________ |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| But when I go into the Shading and Borders wizards, and clear the middle borders, they still show up on the top and bottom row. There is a solid line across the top and bottom. I tried clearing all the outside border, and that got rid of some, but not all of the borders, and the bottom border across the bottom middle cloumn is still there. I've cleared both at the cell and table level, neither seems to clear that middle column's outside border. Thank you, Margaret |
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You can also create side-by-side tables in newspaper-style columns, which
avoids the necessity for making one or both of the tables wrapped. -- 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. "Dian Chapman, MVP, MOS" wrote in message ... Well, although you can mess with adding a fat WHITE col between to fake it out...you can also just add two tables sideXside. To do this...create two table one under the other. Grab the Table resize handle (the tiny square that appears in the lower/right corner when you mouseover the table) on the top table and drag it in to make the table smaller than the margin. Do the same with the second table. Then grab the selection/move handle for the second table (the tiny square with a cross in it that appears in the upper/left when you mouseover) and drag that table up next to the first one. BTW...you might want to check out my free course samples for my VBA and Word Advanced courses because the first free lesson for each have tricks regarding formatting tables. See this link: http://www.mousetrax.com/TechCourses.html#samples Hope this helps.... Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:24:58 -0800, "margaret bartley" wrote: This is Word 2000, Windows XP: I have a five-column table that I want to display as two, side-by-side, 2-column tables, with the column in the middle having no lines. _______________ _________________ |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| But when I go into the Shading and Borders wizards, and clear the middle borders, they still show up on the top and bottom row. There is a solid line across the top and bottom. I tried clearing all the outside border, and that got rid of some, but not all of the borders, and the bottom border across the bottom middle cloumn is still there. I've cleared both at the cell and table level, neither seems to clear that middle column's outside border. Thank you, Margaret |
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Huh! Hadn't thought of that one...thanks for the info. Although I
don't know what you mean about "making one or both of the tables wrapped"???? Dian ~ On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:46:10 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can also create side-by-side tables in newspaper-style columns, which avoids the necessity for making one or both of the tables wrapped. |
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Boy, I feel stupid!
I'm sure I've tried making two tables side-by-side, in the past. Was this available with Word 97? BTW, your courses look awsome! "Dian Chapman, MVP, MOS" wrote in message ... Well, although you can mess with adding a fat WHITE col between to fake it out...you can also just add two tables sideXside. To do this...create two table one under the other. Grab the Table resize handle (the tiny square that appears in the lower/right corner when you mouseover the table) on the top table and drag it in to make the table smaller than the margin. Do the same with the second table. Then grab the selection/move handle for the second table (the tiny square with a cross in it that appears in the upper/left when you mouseover) and drag that table up next to the first one. BTW...you might want to check out my free course samples for my VBA and Word Advanced courses because the first free lesson for each have tricks regarding formatting tables. See this link: http://www.mousetrax.com/TechCourses.html#samples Hope this helps.... Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:24:58 -0800, "margaret bartley" wrote: This is Word 2000, Windows XP: I have a five-column table that I want to display as two, side-by-side, 2-column tables, with the column in the middle having no lines. _______________ _________________ |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| But when I go into the Shading and Borders wizards, and clear the middle borders, they still show up on the top and bottom row. There is a solid line across the top and bottom. I tried clearing all the outside border, and that got rid of some, but not all of the borders, and the bottom border across the bottom middle cloumn is still there. I've cleared both at the cell and table level, neither seems to clear that middle column's outside border. Thank you, Margaret |
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DON'T feel stupid. It's not that obvious and, although I can't
remember back to 97 (and too lazy to boot up that system right now to checkg) I can't remember whether it actually DID work back then? But the good news is that it's pretty easy to do now if you know how. And thanks for the course comments. I HAVE tried to pile them up with tons of useful info that I've learned over the 10 years I've been providing MVP support...so I'm pretty proud of them.wink Cheers! Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:09:20 -0800, "margaret bartley" wrote: Boy, I feel stupid! I'm sure I've tried making two tables side-by-side, in the past. Was this available with Word 97? BTW, your courses look awsome! "Dian Chapman, MVP, MOS" wrote in message ... Well, although you can mess with adding a fat WHITE col between to fake it out...you can also just add two tables sideXside. To do this...create two table one under the other. Grab the Table resize handle (the tiny square that appears in the lower/right corner when you mouseover the table) on the top table and drag it in to make the table smaller than the margin. Do the same with the second table. Then grab the selection/move handle for the second table (the tiny square with a cross in it that appears in the upper/left when you mouseover) and drag that table up next to the first one. BTW...you might want to check out my free course samples for my VBA and Word Advanced courses because the first free lesson for each have tricks regarding formatting tables. See this link: http://www.mousetrax.com/TechCourses.html#samples Hope this helps.... Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:24:58 -0800, "margaret bartley" wrote: This is Word 2000, Windows XP: I have a five-column table that I want to display as two, side-by-side, 2-column tables, with the column in the middle having no lines. _______________ _________________ |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| But when I go into the Shading and Borders wizards, and clear the middle borders, they still show up on the top and bottom row. There is a solid line across the top and bottom. I tried clearing all the outside border, and that got rid of some, but not all of the borders, and the bottom border across the bottom middle cloumn is still there. I've cleared both at the cell and table level, neither seems to clear that middle column's outside border. Thank you, Margaret |
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Word 97 does not permit wrapping tables unless they're in a frame. If you
wrap a table in Word 2000 or above and open the document in an earlier version, it will be wrapped. -- 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. "Dian D. Chapman, MVP" wrote in message ... DON'T feel stupid. It's not that obvious and, although I can't remember back to 97 (and too lazy to boot up that system right now to checkg) I can't remember whether it actually DID work back then? But the good news is that it's pretty easy to do now if you know how. And thanks for the course comments. I HAVE tried to pile them up with tons of useful info that I've learned over the 10 years I've been providing MVP support...so I'm pretty proud of them.wink Cheers! Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:09:20 -0800, "margaret bartley" wrote: Boy, I feel stupid! I'm sure I've tried making two tables side-by-side, in the past. Was this available with Word 97? BTW, your courses look awsome! "Dian Chapman, MVP, MOS" wrote in message ... Well, although you can mess with adding a fat WHITE col between to fake it out...you can also just add two tables sideXside. To do this...create two table one under the other. Grab the Table resize handle (the tiny square that appears in the lower/right corner when you mouseover the table) on the top table and drag it in to make the table smaller than the margin. Do the same with the second table. Then grab the selection/move handle for the second table (the tiny square with a cross in it that appears in the upper/left when you mouseover) and drag that table up next to the first one. BTW...you might want to check out my free course samples for my VBA and Word Advanced courses because the first free lesson for each have tricks regarding formatting tables. See this link: http://www.mousetrax.com/TechCourses.html#samples Hope this helps.... Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified Editor/TechTrax Ezine Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:24:58 -0800, "margaret bartley" wrote: This is Word 2000, Windows XP: I have a five-column table that I want to display as two, side-by-side, 2-column tables, with the column in the middle having no lines. _______________ _________________ |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| |______|________| |_________|_______| But when I go into the Shading and Borders wizards, and clear the middle borders, they still show up on the top and bottom row. There is a solid line across the top and bottom. I tried clearing all the outside border, and that got rid of some, but not all of the borders, and the bottom border across the bottom middle cloumn is still there. I've cleared both at the cell and table level, neither seems to clear that middle column's outside border. Thank you, Margaret |
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Ah...thanks. I'll have to fire up the 97 system this weekend and check
that out. Good to know. (My brain doesn't work that far back.g) Dian ~ On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:31:36 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Word 97 does not permit wrapping tables unless they're in a frame. If you wrap a table in Word 2000 or above and open the document in an earlier version, it will be wrapped. |
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Sorry, my brain disconnected while I was typing that. It should have been,
"If you wrap a table in Word 2000 or above and open the document in an earlier version, it will be *framed*." -- 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. "Dian D. Chapman, MVP" wrote in message ... Ah...thanks. I'll have to fire up the 97 system this weekend and check that out. Good to know. (My brain doesn't work that far back.g) Dian ~ On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:31:36 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Word 97 does not permit wrapping tables unless they're in a frame. If you wrap a table in Word 2000 or above and open the document in an earlier version, it will be wrapped. |
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