Blank Line

[Gummo]

I've created a table, centred (allegedly)and just about filling a single page. The problem is that, because of a blank line below the table, it isn't truly centred vertically.

I can find no reference to the issue on The Net and Microsoft advise only to centre it in the way I did originally.

Apart from making the offending line 1 point in font size and 1 point in paragraph spacing, does anyone know a way of making it disappear completely?

Gummo

 

[macropod]

Hi Gummo,

You could format the trailing paragraph's font as hidden. That will allow a true vertical centering of the table.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


I've created a table, centred (allegedly)and just about filling a single page. The problem is that, because of a blank line below
the table, it isn't truly centred vertically.

I can find no reference to the issue on The Net and Microsoft advise only to centre it in the way I did originally.

Apart from making the offending line 1 point in font size and 1 point in paragraph spacing, does anyone know a way of making it
disappear completely?

Gummo

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As macropod says, you can make it Hidden, but, FWIW, mathematically centered
pages aren't really optically centered; I'd be inclined to leave the blank
line alone for a more pleasing appearance.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I've created a table, centred (allegedly)and just about filling a single
page. The problem is that, because of a blank line below the table, it
isn't truly centred vertically.

I can find no reference to the issue on The Net and Microsoft advise only to
centre it in the way I did originally.

Apart from making the offending line 1 point in font size and 1 point in
paragraph spacing, does anyone know a way of making it disappear completely?

Gummo

 

[Gummo]

You could format the trailing paragraph's font as hidden.

Thanks macropod. Forgive my thickness but can you please explain how I do
that?

Gummo

 

[Gummo]

As macropod says, you can make it Hidden, but, FWIW, mathematically
centered pages aren't really optically centered; I'd be inclined to leave
the blank line alone for a more pleasing appearance.

I know what you mean but I need the table to correspond to labels I'm
printing.

Gummo

 

[macropod]

Hi Gummo,

Select the paragraph, then use Format|Font and select 'hidden'.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case, you should be using a label setup (Tools | Letters and
Mailings | Envelopes and Labels), and Word would take care of the layout for
you.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Gummo]

Hi Gummo,

Select the paragraph, then use Format|Font and select 'hidden'.

Many thanks, macropod!

Gummo

 

[Gummo]

In that case, you should be using a label setup (Tools | Letters and
Mailings | Envelopes and Labels), and Word would take care of the layout
for you.

I'd looked at that previously but I found it too fiddly. Isn't it only for
pages with the same contents in each label?

I found the table method (apart from the blank line) quickly adaptable no
matter what size the label.

Gummo

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No. If you click New Document in the Label dialog, you get a page with the
labels set up as a table, and you can add whatever content you like.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Gummo]

No. If you click New Document in the Label dialog, you get a page with the
labels set up as a table, and you can add whatever content you like.

Excellent, Suzanne - many thanks.

Gummo