I need your help very much

[Tom]

Hi,

I need your help very much.

I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows.
I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the
line between the 3rd and 4th columns making
a slot between them. So I would like to have
2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side
by side, with a slot between them. How to do it?
If it is not possible to divide existing table like that,
how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot
between them?

Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts
I could make a frame around each part bur I don't
know how to do it either.

Please help me.

Regards,
Tom

 

[Tom]

Hi,

I need your help very much.

I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows.
I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the
line between the 3rd and 4th columns making
a slot between them. So I would like to have
2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side
by side, with a slot between them. How to do it?
If it is not possible to divide existing table like that,
how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot
between them?

Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts
I could make a frame around each part bur I don't
know how to do it either.

Please help me.

Sorry, I forgot to add that I use MS Word 97. I could
use MS Word 2000 too.

Regards
Tom

 

[William]

You can create two tables side by side.

Create one table, by using the Insert table command and specifying the
number of rows and columns. In the Insert Table Dialog Box that comes up,
choose "Fixed column width," and specify a column width that will allow room
to the right of that table for the second table.

Then, create the second table below the first in the same manner. Once the
second table is created, drag it by it's handle (the little box on the upper
left outside the table; place your mouse over the table to see it if needed),
and simply drag the table to it's location to the right of the first table.

Another way to do this is to DRAW the two tables. Open the Tables toolbar
(View/Toolbars/Tables and Borders), select Draw Toolbar and draw both tables
exactly where you want them. Second way is probably easier because you don't
have to estimate column widths before creating the table.

 

[Henk57]

;2683382'] Hi,-

I need your help very much.

I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows.
I have to divide it into 2 separate tables along the
line between the 3rd and 4th columns making
a slot between them. So I would like to have
2 tables containing 3 columns and 8 rows, side
by side, with a slot between them. How to do it?
If it is not possible to divide existing table like that,
how to create 2 tables, side by side, with a slot
between them?

Instead to dividing the existing table into 2 parts
I could make a frame around each part bur I don't
know how to do it either.

Please help me.-

Sorry, I forgot to add that I use MS Word 97. I could
use MS Word 2000 too.

Regards
Tom

I think the easiest way is to add a column between the 3rd and 4th, and
make this small, with all horizontal border lines invisible. You still
have one table, but they appear like two. The advantage is you keep
the rows side by side, and you can adjust the width of the "separator
column".

 

[Tom]

I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows.

I think the easiest way is to add a column between the 3rd and 4th, and
make this small, with all horizontal border lines invisible. You still
have one table, but they appear like two. The advantage is you keep
the rows side by side, and you can adjust the width of the "separator
column".

Thank you very much. I like your solution, especially that I have problems
with the solutions suggested by William. I sppose that his methods don't
work with the Word 97. However I'll keep trying.
Could you tell me how to make the horizontal border lines invisible?

Regards
Tom

 

[Tom]

I have a table, let's say 6 columns and 8 rows.

Thank you very much. I like your solution, especially that I have problems
with the solutions suggested by William. I sppose that his methods don't
work with the Word 97. However I'll keep trying.
Could you tell me how to make the horizontal border lines invisible?

I've already know how to do it.

Thank once again to you and William.

Best regards,
Tom

 

[Peter A]

Subject: RE: I need your help very much
From: =?Utf-8?B?V2lsbGlhbQ==?= <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.tables

You can create two tables side by side.

Create one table, by using the Insert table command and specifying the
number of rows and columns. In the Insert Table Dialog Box that comes up,
choose "Fixed column width," and specify a column width that will allow room
to the right of that table for the second table.

Then, create the second table below the first in the same manner. Once the
second table is created, drag it by it's handle (the little box on the upper
left outside the table; place your mouse over the table to see it if needed),
and simply drag the table to it's location to the right of the first table.

Another way to do this is to DRAW the two tables. Open the Tables toolbar
(View/Toolbars/Tables and Borders), select Draw Toolbar and draw both tables
exactly where you want them. Second way is probably easier because you don't
have to estimate column widths before creating the table.

It seems a lot easier to create a single table and use a narrow, empty
column for the "slot."

 

[Tom]

You can create two tables side by side.

It seems a lot easier to create a single table and use a narrow, empty
column for the "slot."

That's what I did. However William's methods are surely smarter. Unfortunately
I wasn't able to use them in Word 97.

Regards,
Tom

 

[Peter A]

That's what I did. However William's methods are surely smarter. Unfortunately
I wasn't able to use them in Word 97.

Regards,
Tom

You might want to upgrade, at least to Word 2003 (Word 2007 has
essentially nothing to offer except a new visual interface). Word 97 is
really behind the times! Microsoft does actually make real improvements,
sometimes.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For what you're trying to do, it would appear that an inserted borderless
column is sufficient. For future reference, however, a different method
(which will work in Word 97) is to create two newspaper-style columns and
put one table in each column. Whether you use this method or the other
depends on whether or not you want the tables to be independent. If you want
the rows in the two tables to be the same size, then the center borderless
column is the way to go. If you want the rows in the two tables to be able
to be sized independently, then using two separate tables is preferable.

When you do use two separate tables, you can either create them as such from
scratch, or you can divide an existing table by selecting the desired
columns (the last three in this case) and dragging them to the second
snaking column.