Please help me create the template in my post

[billy.lane]

Hi everybody

Does anyone have idea how I can create something like this:
http://myso-called.com/fax.jpg in Word??

If you can point me towards a guide I'd be most grateful... is it all
done in tables and stuff or is there an easier way?

Thanks in advance

 

[billy.lane]

Hi everybody

Does anyone have idea how I can create something like this:http://myso-called.com/fax.jpgin Word??

If you can point me towards a guide I'd be most grateful... is it all
done in tables and stuff or is there an easier way?

Thanks in advance

sorry, it's http://myso-called.com/FAX.jpg didn't know it was caps
sensitive

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi Billy,

Brought up the picture, but it's a bit small and hard to make out. Can
you explain in words what you want to do and which parts you don't know
how to do? Are you trying to get all those lines, numbers, and margins,
or just arrange the text?

Also, which version of Word?

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Billy,

I'm not sure what the nine squares are, because the image is so small. Are
they keys (reference numbers) for notes about the content? Or icons?
However, in general the best advice is to use tables only when you want
capacity for overflow text to wrap around within a particular area, or
otherwise to constrain movement of text.

Therefore, you're best advised to have the addressee area, plus the "Fax"
word, in a table. The text at top right of the page could be spaced by
adjustment of the left margin setting or by a tab (note: not default tabs,
plural), but you might as well use a table their, too.

You can adjust the boundaries between cells very finely by holding down the
Option key (especially at high magnification via the Zoom menu). The same
goes for tab settings (and holding down the Shift key -- if applicable in
conjunction with the Option key -- breaks the nexus between the two margin
tabs).

The main text body should not be in a table -- and if that icon (?) to the
left of the third paragraph is essential, format it as an outdent, i.e.
hanging in the margin -- that way all the rest has only one margin, without
needing tables.

Albeit I'm unaware of what the two paragraphs are at the bottom, if there is
no content in it that needs to be altered by the user I'd be likely to put
them into a footer, *not* using tables to do so. (Come to think of it, you
could put the text at top right of the page in a header too, to keep it "out
of harm's way".)

I'm unaware of any explicit guide for something like you want, although some
of the people here or in the PC Word discussion group can do a template for
you at commercial rates -- it would only take about 20 minutes -- but I'm
not one of them.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[billy.lane]

Thanks for the quick response guys, really appreciate it. I'm sorry
the image is so small as well, but that's how it was sent to me. The
icons down the side are basically just telling me what each part of
the fax template should say and aren't part of the template.

What I basically wanted to do was make the fax template, but I had no
idea of how to position all the pieces of text without the tedium of
tables, but if that's the only way or simplest solution, then that's
fine.

Thanks very much for the replies.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Billy,

Since the example is no longer on the website, I'll have to work from
memory, but in view of your clarification that those 9 squares were not
icons, I would only use tables for the addressee area. All the rest can be
done by accurate placement of tab or margin stops (remember not to use
multiple tabs -- only one in each case).

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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