Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-08-2012, 08:49 AM
robrastelli robrastelli is offline Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Windows 7 64bit Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Office 2010 64bit
Novice
Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2
robrastelli is on a distinguished road
Default Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages

I have to print content in a column based fashion, but I need the output specific for a book binding layout. So basically what I want to do is on my "Right Page" have my table render as:



Content 1 Note on Content 1 (Optional)
Content 2 Line 1 Note on Content 2 (Optional)
Content 2 Line 2
Content 2 Line 3
Content 3 Line 1 Note on Content 3 (Optional)
Content 3 Line 2
Content 3 Line 3

Where the Content and the Note are aligned to the top of the row.

Then on my "Left Page" I want the opposite:

Note on Content 1 (Optional) Content 1
Note on Content 2 (Optional) Content 2 Line 1
Content 2 Line 2
Note on Content 3 (Optional) Content 3

Is there a way to automate this as the content runs from page to page?

I should also add that I'm using the Open XML mixed with XSLT to generate these documents, so I could possible do some code pre-rendering to calculate line heights and flip the table formats being used, but I'd rather the template handle that if possible.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 08-08-2012, 08:51 AM
robrastelli robrastelli is offline Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Windows 7 64bit Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Office 2010 64bit
Novice
Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2
robrastelli is on a distinguished road
Default

Of course the format I tried to convey didn't translate to the RTF editor of the post. What I want is for an "Even Page" to have a table where column one is a narrow width and column 2 is the remainder of the page. Then have the "Odd Page" table have column one with the larger width and column 2 is a narrow width. I'd also like this to happen automatically so if the table cell spans 2 pages the template compensates for it.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 08-08-2012, 07:25 PM
Venky62 Venky62 is offline Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Windows 7 64bit Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Office 2010 32bit
Advanced Beginner
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 58
Venky62 is on a distinguished road
Default

If the main idea is to have the contents laid out for a book binding, then you are approaching the problem from a wrong direction. What you want to do is set up a gutter in your page setup dialog box. There are many options as to how to set this gutter: left side, right side, mirror margins, bookfold etc. You will find the page set up link in the Print preview of the document. The shortcut for this view is Ctrl+P.

You should be able to find enough help on this from the MS Word help feature (F1).
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 08-08-2012, 07:28 PM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Windows 7 64bit Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

Hi robrastelli,

Word does not support tables that vary their layout by page. To achieve such an outcome, you would need to use different tables entirely for the odd & even pages.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 08-08-2012, 07:33 PM
Venky62 Venky62 is offline Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Windows 7 64bit Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Office 2010 32bit
Advanced Beginner
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 58
Venky62 is on a distinguished road
Default

If the purpose is to lay out the contents in a particular book binding format, then you are approaching the problem from a wrong direction. There is no need to keep changing the width of the columns for odd and even pages (may be even impossible to do so, as pages change dynamically). All you need to do is set up a gutter in your page. A gutter is an extra margin space for binding. Depending on how you want to bind the book, you can have the gutter on the left or on top. Also, there are options to have gutter with book fold. To set up a gutter, go to the page setup dialog box which can be accessed from the Print Preview (CtrL+P).
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
multi-page, table, templates

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages Altering Column Widths on Two Col Page abrogard Word 2 12-30-2010 06:03 AM
Automatic insertion of blank pages or alternate text Diopippo Word 0 07-06-2010 12:13 AM
Seperate Column widths in one worksheet miller.3276 Excel 2 01-27-2010 02:12 PM
Table across two opposite pages rvelden Word Tables 0 03-10-2009 07:36 AM
Alternate Table Column Widths on even and odd pages how to mix normal page with column pages verbster Word 1 12-05-2008 10:05 AM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:44 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft