[mso] Re: copy/paste in Word 2000... SUE and DIAN
- From: scubic <scubic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 23:10:59 -0500
Linda,
There would be much text that would not fit on one line of the third column
of the table, so that will not work, I guess. I often fill 2 entire pages
in the third column, while there would only be one line in the first and
second columns of the table.
Sue
At 09:26 PM 01/17/2003 -0500, Linda F. Johnson wrote
>
>Yes, Sue. The tables are what cause the problem selecting one letter or
>word.
>
>Do this...I just did it to your file and it worked fine.
>
>Unprotect the file
>Highlight all the rows in the table except the first one that contains the
>headings
>Go to the Table menu and select Convert>Table to Text
>Make sure "Tab" is what is selected as the delimiter and click OK.
>In my case, only one text field got misaligned...it was the third one in the
>first row and it moved one space to the right, so I just clicked in front of
>it and hit my backspace key to move it one space to the left
>Protect the document again and type some text in one of the fields and try
>selecting it...you will see it works fine when it's not in a table.
>
>HOWEVER......if you have text in any field that is more than one line long,
>you will see why the table was used in the first place because the text will
>go to the next line, but will NOT stay within the column, and will move to
>the left end of the next line.
>
>Linda
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>-----Original Message-----
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>Of scubic
>Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 8:47 PM
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>Subject: [mso] Re: copy/paste in Word 2000... SUE and DIAN
>
>
>
>Dian,
>
>So, the only way to be able to copy/cut/paste text is to not use tables?
>Or, can I simply leave it unprotected, and explain to her why it is that
>way? This evening, I have talked to several other of our volunteers who
>are as frustrated as I am with this situation--to the point where they
>simply don't report in on the form. The form is simple enough that we
>could easily do without being able to tab around a table. Only one
>"incident" is allowed in a file...one date, one code descriptor and the
>notes regarding the incident.
>
>
>
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