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Subject:Re: What do you like most about MS Word? From:Wes <wesslack -at- pacbell -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 May 2002 09:37:25 -0700
There is another dimension to this "save you five minutes" scenario. If you're more disciplined than I, you would create this macro during a non-crunch period. The value of saving that five minutes during a big crunch is magnified significantly.
Regards, &c...Wes
dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com wrote:
> Lisa Wright wrote:
> >
> > ...any ideas for when I'm converting text to a table?
>
> If you have time to experiment a little, you could record and fine tune a macro. You'd select the text, then start recording: Convert the selected text to a table, set the table-wide features you want, format the text and borders as you want (even though it makes the headings wrong), go to the top of the table, select the first row, format the text and borders as you want the headings, then go just beyond the end of the table, and stop recording. I've probably left out something you wanted to do, but you get the idea.
>
> Whether that's a worthwhile investment depends on how often you'll use the macro--there's no point spending four hours to create a tool that'll save you five minutes of work unless you're going to use it more than 48 times. Since it's unlikely that the macro will take *no* time, it's probably more like 50 or 60 uses before the macro starts to pay for itself. That's a lot of tables.
>
> In the get-it-done-by-yesterday real world, I'd probably just just insert the Autotext and drag text into the blank cells. If you've got the time, though, it's also fun to fiddle with macros.
>
> --David
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