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Help!

I'm very frustrated. I have a resume with two columns - one for dates
worked and the second (to the right) describes the job. What I notice is
that if I open the document as an attachment (not saved to the computer), the
dates in the left column do not line up with the job listing in the right
column.

If I open the document from a saved location in my computer, it looks fine.

So what is happening? This document looks quite silly when opened up from an
email ... help! Is there any way to fix the text in the left column so that
it is always lined up with the text in the right?

Natasha
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Are you using table columns? If not, that's what you should be using. If so,
start a new row wherever you want text to align.

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Help!

I'm very frustrated. I have a resume with two columns - one for dates
worked and the second (to the right) describes the job. What I notice is
that if I open the document as an attachment (not saved to the computer),

the
dates in the left column do not line up with the job listing in the right
column.

If I open the document from a saved location in my computer, it looks

fine.

So what is happening? This document looks quite silly when opened up from

an
email ... help! Is there any way to fix the text in the left column so

that
it is always lined up with the text in the right?

Natasha


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I am using table columns ... the document is not something I created ... the
framework was already in place and I am editing it. It seems as if a table
column was created and I don't particularly want to create rows as the text
should flow continuously.

The grid option is absent when I try to use it ... do you know why this
would be?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you using table columns? If not, that's what you should be using. If so,
start a new row wherever you want text to align.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"NatashaT" wrote in message
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Help!

I'm very frustrated. I have a resume with two columns - one for dates
worked and the second (to the right) describes the job. What I notice is
that if I open the document as an attachment (not saved to the computer),

the
dates in the left column do not line up with the job listing in the right
column.

If I open the document from a saved location in my computer, it looks

fine.

So what is happening? This document looks quite silly when opened up from

an
email ... help! Is there any way to fix the text in the left column so

that
it is always lined up with the text in the right?

Natasha



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By "the grid option" do you mean Show/Hide Gridlines? If you want to synch
text, the only practical way to do it is to start a new row.

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"NatashaT" wrote in message
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I am using table columns ... the document is not something I created ...

the
framework was already in place and I am editing it. It seems as if a

table
column was created and I don't particularly want to create rows as the

text
should flow continuously.

The grid option is absent when I try to use it ... do you know why this
would be?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you using table columns? If not, that's what you should be using. If

so,
start a new row wherever you want text to align.

--
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.

"NatashaT" wrote in message
...
Help!

I'm very frustrated. I have a resume with two columns - one for dates
worked and the second (to the right) describes the job. What I notice

is
that if I open the document as an attachment (not saved to the

computer),
the
dates in the left column do not line up with the job listing in the

right
column.

If I open the document from a saved location in my computer, it looks

fine.

So what is happening? This document looks quite silly when opened up

from
an
email ... help! Is there any way to fix the text in the left column

so
that
it is always lined up with the text in the right?

Natasha




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