Horizontal orientation in table

[Stacey]

Good afternoon. I have a table in Word 2003 and am trying to set up several
rows with double spacing and would like the orientation to be on the bottom.
No matter what I try, I can't get the text to move to the bottom of the
cells. Any suggestions?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Good afternoon. I have a table in Word 2003 and am trying to set up several
rows with double spacing and would like the orientation to be on the bottom.
No matter what I try, I can't get the text to move to the bottom of the
cells. Any suggestions?

Select the cells in question and right-click. On the menu, click Cell
Alignment. On the flyout you'll see nine thumbnails for all the
combinations of horizontal and vertical alignment; choose any of the
three in the bottom row.

 

[macropod]

Hi Stacey,

You can for bottom alignment by selecting the cell(s) concerned and using Table|Table Properties|Cell > Bottom. Do note, though,
that table paragraphs formatted with spacing after (Format|Paragraph), including the paragraph containing the table cell marker will
retain their 'after' spacing.

 

[Stacey]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, I've tried both right-clicking on
the cell and choosing the bottom orientation and also clicking in the cell,
going to table properties and formatting the cell to bottom. It just will
not move to the bottom.

 

[Stacey]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, I've tried both right-clicking on
the cell and choosing the bottom orientation and also clicking in the cell,
going to table properties and formatting the cell to bottom. It just will
not move to the bottom.

Hi Stacey,

You can for bottom alignment by selecting the cell(s) concerned and using Table|Table Properties|Cell > Bottom. Do note, though,
that table paragraphs formatted with spacing after (Format|Paragraph), including the paragraph containing the table cell marker will
retain their 'after' spacing.

--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]

Good afternoon. I have a table in Word 2003 and am trying to set up several
rows with double spacing and would like the orientation to be on the bottom.
No matter what I try, I can't get the text to move to the bottom of the
cells. Any suggestions?

 

[Stacey]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, I've tried both right-clicking on
the cell and choosing the bottom orientation and also clicking in the cell,
going to table properties and formatting the cell to bottom. It just will
not move to the bottom.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Does the paragraph style of the cells in question have a Space After
value greater than zero?

 

[Stacey]

I think you mean the "Spacing - After" int he paragraph formatting. If so,
then it is set to 0 pt, as is the "Before".

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you select double spacing (or any other kind of Multiple spacing), the
extra space is added below the text. If you want the text at the bottom,
you might try instead using Exactly spacing, which puts the extra space
above the text.

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

 

[Stacey]

Yeah! That worked when I changed the "before" to 12 and "exactly" You're a
peach!! And thank you to all the others that gave their suggestions.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Setting it in paragraph formatting overrides the setting in the
paragraph style in just that one paragraph, and might in turn be
overridden the next time you apply a style that doesn't have a Space
After of zero.

I think you mean the "Spacing - After" int he paragraph formatting.  Ifso,
then it is set to 0 pt, as is the "Before".

Does the paragraph style of the cells in question have a Space After
value greater than zero?

Thank you for your suggestion.  However, I've tried both right-clicking on
the cell and choosing the bottom orientation and also clicking in thecell,
going to table properties and formatting the cell to bottom.  It just will
not move to the bottom.
:
Hi Stacey,
You can for bottom alignment by selecting the cell(s) concerned andusing Table|Table Properties|Cell > Bottom. Do note, though,
that table paragraphs formatted with spacing after (Format|Paragraph), including the paragraph containing the table cell marker will
retain their 'after' spacing.
--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]
Good afternoon.  I have a table in Word 2003 and am trying to set up several
rows with double spacing and would like the orientation to be on the bottom.
No matter what I try, I can't get the text to move to the bottom of the
cells.  Any suggestions?--