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. > > ----- Original Message ----- > 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >> >> To unsub or change your email settings: >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> >> To access our Archives: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> >> >> > > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/