Publisher 97, How do I align text vertically?

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slack7639

In Publisher 97, how do I align text vertically within a text box, or within
a cell in a table?

I can center text horizontally, no problem.

I've looked everywhere (Help file, internet) and can't figure it out.
Answers I've found are for other versions of Publisher. Please help, this is
driving me crazy!
 
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Mary Sauer

Tabs... In a text box, use the right-tab setting. Delete all tabs, create a
right tab where you want the alignment to start.
In a table cell, use ctrl+tab.
 
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slack7639

Hi Mary - I don't know if this went through before. It doesn't look like it.
I clicked to post, unknown to me the page had timed out, and what I had
typed in was gone (This would be an improvement in browsers that I'd like to
see. How do I get that text back? You have to type what you want into
Notepad, save the file, and then copy and paste to the internet if you want
to avoid this issue.)

This feature with right-tabs is a new one for me (thank you!), but not what
I'm thinking of. I think that Pub97 must be able to do what I want, because
I've been able to do this in more recent versions of Publisher that I've
used, and it seems like an obvious feature that you'd like in a publishing
program. I think it must be buried somewhere. Let me describe again.

I can align text vertically (manually) by adding some returns at the top,
and doing it by sight. I can achieve greater accuracy in vertically aligning
the text, if I make the line/font size the minimum of 4 pt, and then adding
some returns at the top. What I'd like to be able to do, however, is to
click on a button that centers the text between the top and bottom margins
automatically, just like how I can click on the button that aligns text
horizontally between the left and right margins.
 
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Mary Sauer

Is your text filling the entire page? Have you thought about creating rectangle
above and below where you want the text to start and stop. The text will wrap.

Publisher 97 doesn't have the format text box as future versions do, there is no
command to center the text vertically in a text box.
 
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slack7639

.. . . Is your text filling the entire page?

No, it's a table with a number of cells:

9 rows - 2 of varying height, 4 are merged together, all of them go the
width of the page, there are 1/2" margins

2 columns - a line down the middle, except where the rows are merged together

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.. . . Have you thought about creating a rectangle above and below where you
want the text to start and stop. The text will wrap.

Problem isn't with the text wrapping, it's with the text being auto spaced
vertically within the cell, or text box.

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.. . . Publisher 97 doesn't have the format text box as future versions do,
there is no command to center the text vertically in a text box.

Amazing! This is what I needed to know. Thank you!

Looks like I have to do it manually: Set a blank row above the text to 4
pt, put in some Returns, and center it by sight.

I wonder how this function could have been left out? Well, they've since
improved on it, 100% +!

Thank you for your help.
 
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Helen G

Hi there.
I have used Pub'97 for years. You might try this: highlight the text you
want to align; click "Format" on the menu bar, then "line spacing" and play
with the inter-line space (leading). That's how I do it. Hope this helps.
~Helen~
 
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slack7639

Hi Helen! Thanks for the tip!

The way I edit: I type in how I want to see the text within the cell, and
then center it vertically.

Since I can't do auto-vertical-center, I need the control I get from my
work-around: Set a blank row above the text to something small, like 4 pt,
put in a couple of Returns, and then center it by sight.

If I use the automated spacing features too much, it gets out of my control,
and then it looks different than how I want.
 
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Mary Sauer

You can also tab in a cell by pressing ctrl+tab. You can adjust the tab settings
from the ruler.
 
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slack7639

Hi Mary!

Thanks, I might forget that I can do that!

I still use Office 97 - mostly Excel, then Word, and Access for labels. I
never make any Power Point presentations, and I could never get Outlook to
work (errors came up, printing options were limited ... I looked around, and
now use Calendarscope).

The only things not working for me are with Pub 97: no vertical align, and
the inability to do mail merge (probably due to a security patch). Other
than that, I love Office 97.

Are there any compelling reasons to upgrade? And to which version?
 
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Mary Sauer

I have used every version, 2003 is my favorite. The catalog merge is great. Once
the bugs are addressed in 2007 it will be better.
 
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Linda Odom

How do I get a vertical rule in Microsoft Word?

I'm going crazy trying to figure out some line spacings.

Thank u.

URGENT REPLY requested.

Linda



slack763 wrote:

Publisher 97, How do I align text vertically?
05-Nov-08

In Publisher 97, how do I align text vertically within a text box, or within
a cell in a table

I can center text horizontally, no problem

I've looked everywhere (Help file, internet) and can't figure it out.
Answers I've found are for other versions of Publisher. Please help, this is
driving me crazy!

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John Inzer

Linda said:
How do I get a vertical rule in Microsoft Word?

I'm going crazy trying to figure out some line spacings.

Thank u.

URGENT REPLY requested.

Linda
==================================
The following steps work for me.

To display rulers in Word 2007 go to...Microsoft
Office Button / Print / Print Preview...Check the box...
Show Ruler / Close Print Preview button.

If the vertical ruler fails to appear...go to...

Microsoft Office Button / Word Options button /
Advanced / scroll down to Display / check the box...
'Show vertical ruler in Print Layout view' / OK.

--

J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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