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Unwanted column alignment
Hello,
WinXP, Office XP Can I prevent columns in two tables or two rows from aligning? I want two rows with different column widths along each row. I have worked around this before by creating extra columns, then merging some to leave the columns that I need. I tried creating two separate tables, but the columns snap together when I delete the space between them. |
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Hi SquareAce,
You can make individual cells whatever sixe you like, by selecting the whole cell and dragging its border(s). Beyond that, I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve.
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macropod. I'll try it when I get back to work mon. I am creating a fillable form with empty cells, with bottom border, to appear as underlines. I have about ten consecutive items in one section, that empty cells in various locations.
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Macropod,
Edit---Ok. I think I got it. I have to highlight two adjoining cells then I can change the column lines without changing the cells above. I'll leave my message in case this might help others with the same problem.--- End Edit. I attached the document I am working on. I am planning to insert form fields in the blank cells that I have created, lock the form, then post it on our website. On Section C, item 4, my column lines are snapping to the column lines above. This causes the text in the other table to wrap to another line. You can see this when trying to adjust the center column, of the bottom table, to the left, towards "site". Is there a way to stop theses two tables from acting as one? Should I be creating the table and blanks in a different manner? Say without tables. I have always used table borders to make underlines for form fields, and to create desired spacing, and alignments of text. If there is another way, I would be happy to try that. Thanks again for the help. Last edited by SquareAce; 11-07-2011 at 09:15 AM. Reason: Resolved |
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Hi SquareAce,
To keep tables separate, the simplest way is to have an empty paragraph between them. You can minimise the visual effects of this paragraph by setting its before/after spacing to 0 and the font point size to 1.
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