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Image filling a Word table cell completely?
I am mac-user, and have tried Apple's substitute for Word - Pages. There is not much good to say about Pages compared to Word for business use, but one thing I miss very much in MS Word:
In Pages, you can fill a cell with an image, as background fill. Now I am struggling to make an image to fit the width of a cell in MS Word, but it just isn't happening. Any idea of how to get the same width of an image and a cell, and maybe even link them together, so they stay together? Currently using MS Word 2011 for mac. Thanks, Elisabeth |
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Hi Elisabeth,
The main things that are liable to make an image smaller than the cell it occupies are: • cell margins; and • the before/after formatting of the paragraph style they're in. The menu/ribbon paths in what follows applies to PCs, so the location of items on Mac Word may differ - For the cell margins, position the cursor in the table then go to TableTools|Layout|Properties > Table > Options and set the margins to 0. If you want to do this for just some cells, use TableTools|Layout|Properties > Cell > Options and set the cell's margins to 0. For the before/after formatting, use Home|Paragraph > Indents & Spacing and set the before & after values to 0. It might also be an idea to ensure the Left & Right indents are set to 0 while you're there. To ensure any inserted picture stays with the cell (and automatically re-sizes to fit the available space), insert it as in-line. You can make this the default via File|Options > Advanced > Cut,copy & paste > Insert Picure As > Inline with text. Do note that, if a picture's aspect ratio isn't the same as the cell's, you may still end up with some white space.
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