Multiple paragraphs with paragraph spacing in a single table cell

[tonyfc]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Word does not seem to let me assign paragraph spacings to every single paragraph in a table cell of multiple paragraphs - i.e. each bit of text up until a CHARACTER RETURN in the same cell.
This is needed to create bulleted lists with say 6pt spacing between each of the various bullet points in a table cell (e.g. when creating a 'pros and cons' table).
Worryingly, this problem would seem to indicate that Word does not recognize each line break as the end of a paragraph in a table cell.
Surely there must be a way to give vertical separation between multiple bullet points (or paragraphs more generally) in a table cell, without having to put each in its own table cell.
In my case, the latter scenario isn't appropriate.

Hope someone can help!

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Tony:

In a Word table, the end-of-cell marker is a special case of "Paragraph".

You are correct: A "new-line" character is not a pararaph mark, and cannot
contain list formatting (either bullets or numbering)

You must use a full paragraph mark at the end of each line.

Then you can apply bullet or number formatting.

I prefer to use a paragraph style: Table Bullets. You can create that and
apply that to just the paragraphs you want to have bullets within the cell,
and have different spacing and indents on the others.

Hope this helps

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Word does not seem to let me assign paragraph spacings to every single
paragraph in a table cell of multiple paragraphs - i.e. each bit of text up
until a CHARACTER RETURN in the same cell.
This is needed to create bulleted lists with say 6pt spacing between each of
the various bullet points in a table cell (e.g. when creating a 'pros and
cons' table).
Worryingly, this problem would seem to indicate that Word does not recognize
each line break as the end of a paragraph in a table cell.
Surely there must be a way to give vertical separation between multiple bullet
points (or paragraphs more generally) in a table cell, without having to put
each in its own table cell.
In my case, the latter scenario isn't appropriate.

Hope someone can help!

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