-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Copying tables in Microsoft Word 2000

Whoa, Nelly!!!!  If the online application is NOT an MS Word compatible 
application you could end up pasting a lot of gibberish at worst and some 
oddly formatted text at best.  This is especially true when you are talking 
about tables or charts or other special (non-text) formatting.

Don
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:37 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Copying tables in Microsoft Word 2000


> Hi Fautus,
>
> I did numbers 1-3 below.  I will have to look at paste special.  Dont know
> why this seems so hard.  I am trying to copy it into an online application
> at school.
>
> cristy.
>
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> From: <dktrfaustus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:48 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Copying tables in Microsoft Word 2000
>
>
>> On 27 Jun 2005 at 15:01, cristy wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong in trying to copy a table?  I
>>> have my resume in a table on Microsoft Word 2000.  When I click edit
>>> and select all, then copy and try to paste it into my school
>>> application form the format is all off , table basically is gone.
>>
>>
>> It might get screwed up if the margins, page orientation and other
>> page formatting settings on the two documents are different.  Check
>> "Page Setup" from the File menu for both docs.
>>
>> Proper way to copy a table:
>> 1. Highligh a column/row from the table
>> 2. From the Table menu, scroll to Select >> Table
>> 3. Copy and paste, as normal
>>
>> If it still looks wrong, you may need to experiment with the "Paste
>> Special" options in Word.
>>
>> Faustus
>>
>>
>>
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