Placing Tables Side by Side

[whimsey]

I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small space
between them. I made the first table. I made the second table and moved it
to the right of the first one. Then I made the third table - but when I
moved it, it became a part of the second table. It will not let me place it
to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming a part of the second
table (it stuffs itself into the first cell). I don't understand why the
second table did fine, but the third one keeps doing this.

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello Whimsey

I want to place 4 tables side by side on a Landscape page, with a small space
between them. I made the first table. I made the second table and moved it
to the right of the first one. Then I made the third table - but when I
moved it, it became a part of the second table. It will not let me place it
to the right of the second table, it insists on becoming a part of the second
table (it stuffs itself into the first cell). I don't understand why the
second table did fine, but the third one keeps doing this.

I'd either create a table layout for the whole thing (you know, a 7
column table on the outside, 4 columns for the 4 tables and 3 for the
dividers), or insert 4 tables below each other, divided by an empty
paragraph (otherwise they _will_ join up) and then use Word's column
feature.

HTH
Robert

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I've never tried this because I'm leery of nesting, but theoretically you
could create the four tables and nest them in the four cells of a 2x2 table.