How can I put text on half the page, along side a table?

D

dancer

I have put a table on half the page and now I am trying to write on the other
half of the page. How do I do this.
it keeps wanting to print in the table.
help, please
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

In order to put text beside a table you need to do one of two things:

1. Change the wrapping on the table to Around; this is the standard solution
and the most powerful but also the most problematic from the standpoint that
wrapped elements of any kind tend to be difficult to work with. If either
(2) or (3) will work for you, it will be easier to maintain.

2. Add a column (unbordered) on the right (or left, as it may be) side of
the table and use that for the text.

3. Put the table and other text in snaking columns.

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

Graham Mayor

4. Add an extra (borderless) column to the right of the table to fill
the extra space ands write in that.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 28 December 2008 01:41
Posted To: microsoft.public.word.tables
Conversation: How can I put text on half the page, along side a table?
Subject: Re: How can I put text on half the page, along side a table?

In order to put text beside a table you need to do one of two things:

1. Change the wrapping on the table to Around; this is the standard
solution
and the most powerful but also the most problematic from the standpoint
that
wrapped elements of any kind tend to be difficult to work with. If
either
(2) or (3) will work for you, it will be easier to maintain.

2. Add a column (unbordered) on the right (or left, as it may be) side
of
the table and use that for the text.

3. Put the table and other text in snaking columns.

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

dancer said:
I have put a table on half the page and now I am trying to write on the
other
half of the page. How do I do this.
it keeps wanting to print in the table.
help, please
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

How is that different from my (2)?

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

Graham Mayor said:
4. Add an extra (borderless) column to the right of the table to fill
the extra space ands write in that.

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>



-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 28 December 2008 01:41
Posted To: microsoft.public.word.tables
Conversation: How can I put text on half the page, along side a table?
Subject: Re: How can I put text on half the page, along side a table?

In order to put text beside a table you need to do one of two things:

1. Change the wrapping on the table to Around; this is the standard
solution
and the most powerful but also the most problematic from the standpoint
that
wrapped elements of any kind tend to be difficult to work with. If
either
(2) or (3) will work for you, it will be easier to maintain.

2. Add a column (unbordered) on the right (or left, as it may be) side
of
the table and use that for the text.

3. Put the table and other text in snaking columns.

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

dancer said:
I have put a table on half the page and now I am trying to write on the
other
half of the page. How do I do this.
it keeps wanting to print in the table.
help, please
 
M

mkraft

4. Add an extra (borderless) column to the right of the table to fill
the extra space ands write in that.
How is that different from my (2)?

Answer: It isn't.
 

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