tables, amchors and other buggs

[gregman31000]

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

I am very use to have many many many troubles with this software that I would never use if I wasn't obliged to in my office.

Here are three very annoying troubles and if anybody has an idea how to fix that I would be more than grateful.

1) when I copy and cut a table from a document x to the end of a document y the table is autaomatiquely split in two or three pieces in different parts of the document y? I've tryed everything I can... And I am use to work with this "crapy" software but this is more than what I can understsand.

2) in document x, my table is too wide so I wanted to rotate it so that it is vertical but it is impossible. I use to do that in older version of word. The only "pseudo" way I founded to fix that was to transform the full document in a horizontal way because of course I haven't been able to transform onlyone page like this (as it was possible with older version of mac)

3) Is it possible to anchor a table (not an image, a table)? Is was possible before...

If someone can answer only one of those question I would be more than thankful

Thanks and viva MAC

 

[John McGhie]

Well, I don't have any of these problems using Word 2008 on my Mac.

1) If you want to copy a table, you need to ensure that you have selected
the WHOLE table. Perhaps the easiest way to do that is to use the
Table>Select>Table menu item.

When you paste a table, you need to be aware of where you paste it. A table
is a collection of nested paragraphs. It requires a paragraph to anchor to:
so you need to know which paragraph you are pasting the table into. It
helps a lot of you have your paragraph marks switched on (with the Show/Hide
button) so you can see what you are doing.

2) Rotating a table is perfectly possible. You must first copy it and then
paste it as a picture. Then rotate the picture and remove the original.

3) It is possible to anchor a table. You must first convert it to a
Floating table, by setting its Properties>Wrapping to "Around".

Cheers

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

I am very use to have many many many troubles with this software that I would
never use if I wasn't obliged to in my office.

Here are three very annoying troubles and if anybody has an idea how to fix
that I would be more than grateful.

1) when I copy and cut a table from a document x to the end of a document y
the table is autaomatiquely split in two or three pieces in different parts of
the document y? I've tryed everything I can... And I am use to work with this
"crapy" software but this is more than what I can understsand.

2) in document x, my table is too wide so I wanted to rotate it so that it is
vertical but it is impossible. I use to do that in older version of word. The
only "pseudo" way I founded to fix that was to transform the full document in
a horizontal way because of course I haven't been able to transform onlyone
page like this (as it was possible with older version of mac)

3) Is it possible to anchor a table (not an image, a table)? Is was possible
before...

If someone can answer only one of those question I would be more than thankful

Thanks and viva MAC

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