Creating a table with very light lines

[Gary]

I am trying to use MS Word 2008 to create a table whose lines are very
light. It would be used to print paper that one would use as lined
paper on one side, and quadrille paper on the other side.

I am having some difficulty printing the table with very fine lines.
MS Word does not accept 0.25 points as the line thickness, nor does it
seem to accept light grey as the line color. It says it accepted the
changes (in Table Properties), but when I go back in, the settings have
reverted back to thicker black lines.

Can anyone suggest a way that I can accomplish what I want in MS Word,
or some other program that will allow me to have better control over
line colors and widths?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[John McGhie]

Having set the specifications you want for the lines, it is then necessary
to REAPPLY the lines to each table.

If you do not re-apply the lines with your new settings, they won't change.

The dialog is not well designed: it looks as though the lines should change,
but unless you click each cline in the dialog to reapply it, they don't.

Cheers

I am trying to use MS Word 2008 to create a table whose lines are very
light. It would be used to print paper that one would use as lined
paper on one side, and quadrille paper on the other side.

I am having some difficulty printing the table with very fine lines.
MS Word does not accept 0.25 points as the line thickness, nor does it
seem to accept light grey as the line color. It says it accepted the
changes (in Table Properties), but when I go back in, the settings have
reverted back to thicker black lines.

Can anyone suggest a way that I can accomplish what I want in MS Word,
or some other program that will allow me to have better control over
line colors and widths?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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[Gary]

Thanks! Your suggestion made the difference!

Having set the specifications you want for the lines, it is then necessary
to REAPPLY the lines to each table.

If you do not re-apply the lines with your new settings, they won't change.

The dialog is not well designed: it looks as though the lines should change,
but unless you click each cline in the dialog to reapply it, they don't.

Cheers




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matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[John McGhie]

You're welcome: Please use Help>Send Feedback from within Word to tell
Microsoft that you would like this made much more obvious in the next
version

Thanks! Your suggestion made the difference!

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matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Gary,

Once you have a table formatted the way you want, you can save time in
future by making it into an AutoText item. All you need to do on future
occasions is key in a few keystrokes and the table will drop in. I made
variants in numbers of columns, borders etc., for separate AutoText items.

If that interests you, take a look at page 124 of some notes on the way I
use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available
as a free download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

Note: In Word 2008, which I don't use, some of this information may not
apply, or may be accessible through a different interface. If that causes
problems, post back and someone will help you further.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
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