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connectors between cells in pasted Excel table
I've inherited a .doc I need to update – add some content, save out as .docx for a grateful posterity. The first screenshot shows what I started from: it looks as though individual tables have been placed in a graphics frame and connectors drawn in by hand. The second shows as far as I've got with a more integrated approach, drawing all the tables in a single Excel sheet … but then I have absolutely no idea how to add connectors in a single layer :-{ Hints and tips welcome. |
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Hi eNGiNe,
Both images look to me like they're Word tables, not Excel worksheets embedded in a Word document. If you embed an Excel worksheet in your document, the connectors can be inserted directly into that, in which case they become (and remain) part of the embedded object's layer.
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You're right, of course: it's not an embedded Excel table, just a copy/paste. What I still don't know is:
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JMO but, I believe the drawing tools used are from PowerPoint (or similar software) just by the way they are drawn. One clue is the first arrow (top/left) where the arrowhead goes behind the table (the arrowhead is cropped off just a bit). There are other indicatiors of that as well if you look real close (looks like none of the arrow lines are "one continuous line"...they are multiple lines placed together to appear as one line). I am not aware of any drawing tools in Word 2010.
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Quote:
Yes, you can.
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I stand corrected! Thanks Paul...
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"Shapes – insert ready-made shapes" says the tool-tip. I need to draw polylines, but even the F1 help says "no results found for polyline." What next?
[some minutes late] Ah, my mistake for using grown-up terminology … a web-search turned up the keyword "freeform". Unfortunately, I can't persuade either Freeform or Scribble to draw straight lines: I've tried holding down Shift before I draw, after I draw, while I'm drawing. All very frustrating! Hints and tips welcome. |
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You should see:
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