Printing Tables Back to Back

[Chu Rey]

Greetings

I've created a table on page one. This table is 3 inches by 6 inches.
I copied the table to page two. I merge all cells. Page one is
formulas and calculations. Page two is text explination.

What I am struggling to do is print out page one - re-insert this
printed page into the printer tray -and print out page two...so that
both tables are perfectly match. Thus I can cut the 'card' into 3x6
handouts. If I could figure out how to adjust these two identical
tables, back to back, in a printing situation, where they match
perfectly, that would be wonderful.

Thanks
Charlie M

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

How successful you can be will depend partly on your printer's registration,
but here are a few other tips:

1. In Table Properties (assuming Word 2000 or above), on the Table tab, set
the alignment to Center. That way, even if your table is not quite margin
width or has gotten skewed a bit, it should be in the same place on both
sides. If the table is smaller than margin width, this is especially
important, although if you're printing on Letter or A4 paper and 3" is the
width, you might want to consider using two columns to put two of the tables
side by side so as not to waste card stock.

2. If you are using Letter or A4, a 6" long table (if that's the length
rather than the width) and certainly a 3" table will not take up the full
sheet, so you're doing something to get to the next page. If you're just
adding a bunch of empty paragraphs, this (though inefficient) is probably
not causing a problem. But if you're using a manual page break, you'll
probably find that you have an empty paragraph after the page break and
before the table on the second page. This will cause the tables not to
align. For a 6" table, you can work around this by formatting all the rows
of the second table as "Keep with next," which will make the table move as a
block without requiring a manual page break. For a 3" table (or for a
simpler solution), apply the "Page break before" property to the first row
of the table.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

 

[Chu Rey]

Thank you. This is helpful. To add additional information as the
problem is fairly uncomplicated. Here's what I did. On page one I
created a table with cells and columns that holds useful information.
This table is, when printed, 3x6 inches. I then copied this table to
page two. I then merged the cells. Filled up the table (3x6)with text.

Now I have on page one and page two identical tables. Page one with
cells and columns. Page two with cells and columns -merged. This new
table on page two, now without cells and columns, holds my
instructional text. Thus when printed out it is 3x6 inches. Printed
separately page one and two match horizontally, but vertically one is
higher than the other.

On a HP 6100 I duplex. I print page one, re-insert, print page two. I
can get the left and right margins to synch. Even though I've fiddle
with it I can't get the top and bottom margins to drop or lift. If I
could get page two to ‘move' in a vertical direction than I'd have a
perfect fit.

Thank you for your attentions
Charlie M

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you have nonprinting characters displayed? My guess is that you have an
empty paragraph above the table on the second page, and I've suggested the
way to get rid of that. Alternatively, instead of a table on page 2, you
could use a 3x6 text box anchored to the default (empty) paragraph, with
wrapping set to In Front of Text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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