Locking Exact Row Height

[Allen Rosenthal]

I am working with a 13-page table that has (in the past) only been printed
out and filled-in by hand. I have been tasked with re-formatting the
document so that the row height for each cell is locked in 'exactly' as it
currently is, such that digitally type-written versions of the form will take
up the same space as the hand-written form. In other words, each page needs
to have its cells locked at their current height so they'll be equivalent to
the version that is hand-written. This is so that hand-written and
type-written versions of the document will have the same questions on the
same page, and will thus be easy to read interchangably--some students will
continue filling them in by hand, while others will begin doing them
digitally.
So, here's the question: Is there a quick way to lock the row height of
each cell, instead of figuring out the height and then setting it as
'exactly' for every single cell? I should note that the cells are of varying
heights, so you can imagine that doing this for a 13-page table would be
awful. Furthermore, I may be given similar tasks with other documents in the
future. So, finding a quicker way to do this would be of great assistance.
Help!

Thanks,
Allen Rosenthal,
University of Utah

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QWxsZW4gUm9zZW50aGFs?=,

Is there a quick way to lock the row height of
each cell, instead of figuring out the height and then setting it as
'exactly' for every single cell?

IF you've used the mouse to drag a table cell height, then Word should
have immediate access to that information. So if you then go into
Table/Table Properties/Row, the measurement should be visible and
editable. All you'd then need to do is change "At least" to "Exactly".
Then you can click the "Next row" button and do the same for the next
rows, without ever having to exit the dialog box.

A problem only crops up when a row has been left at the default height.
But all rows like this will have the same height, so once you've
calculated that, you can enter the same amount for all of them.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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